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