Gender Stereotype

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hi

i’m gabriella this is me and i love

being me

i love having short hair wearing track

pants and soccer jerseys

but most of all playing soccer

since i cut my hair short and wear boys

clothes

people often mistake me for a boy they

ask me

why did he cut your hair or you look

like a boy now

it’s these experiences that make me

wonder why it’s a concern of others

i remember a seven-year-old boy even

asking his mom

if i was still a girl now that my hair

was short

is it important whether i’m a girl or a

boy why does it matter to you

because it’s not matter to me my friends

or my family

my gender doesn’t tell you anything

about who i am

as a person and it shouldn’t define who

i am and who we are as people

sometimes people judge me when i don’t

follow these gender stereotypes

i was amazed because i was treated

differently

when we went to places for example when

we went to rent skis i was being told to

wait because it’s

making further mungs or burger king i

was automatically being given the boys

toy

and my sister the girl’s toy is this

right

what are some gender stereotypes and

where do they come from

i question why these stereotypes still

exist in 2020

most people expect boys to have short

hair

play sports wear spray clothes and be

strong

most people expect girls to have long

hair do gymnastics or dance

and wear the color pink or purple with

dresses or skirts

does this mean i’m not a girl because i

don’t follow these gender stereotypes

i remember when i was just three years

old

everyone wanted to be fairies princesses

or witches

and i want to be a spiderman a

firefighter or police officer

as soon as i could talk i was telling my

mom i didn’t want the pink or purple

dresses

i wanted the blue spider-man shoes while

all the others were choosing pink and

purple shoes

so don’t be afraid to be who you are

even if it goes against the gender

stereotypes

i am a female so i go into the girls

bathroom

in the bathroom girls often stare at me

and whisper to each other behind my back

and if they have the confidence enough

they tell me i’m in the wrong bathroom

so what bathroom am i supposed to go

into because i shouldn’t go in the boys

bathroom because the boys would say

should be in the girls bathroom

so what should i do at the beginning

this is quite difficult but i adapted to

it

how i would wait for the bathroom to be

empty for all the girls to be gone

so that i wouldn’t be stared at or

whispered behind my back

or if i just had no choice i would just

ignore them and continue

love being me i’ve been thinking about

growing my hair long again

why do i feel this way because i don’t

have people my football trainers always

thinking that i’m a boy because i don’t

want people whispering about me

because i don’t want people judging how

i dress no

i don’t care about all that i want long

hair because i can choose to have long

hair

short hair or a mohawk i choose to be me

gabriella hogg so don’t be who you’re

told to be

be you thank you