If I Were Born

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Imagine that you were born of the gender opposite to what you are now. Looking back at your childhood, your teen years, and however many adult years you have now, in what ways do you think your life would have been different? If I were born male my childhood would have been completely different. I received special treatment from my dad growing up female and if I were a boy I believe I would not have received that. I have two older brothers and if I were the third boy I would have just been another family member as opposed to me being the youngest and only girl, I was looked at more as a precious keepsake. My father especially would buy me almost anything I asked for and he would even buy me things I didn’t ask for. We didn’t have much growing…show more content…
I believe I would be too busy to have one and would not care to even have one. Presently being a female I also don’t care to have a social life but because I have to keep up on the social scene that society says I have to, I just put on my game face and pretend every day. Some opportunities that came up for me being female I highly doubt would have been a thought of if I were male. Some jobs I received or recognitions I have received are only due to the fact that I am female. In my academic life if I were born male I probably would have been more willing to do better and to succeed but being a female I almost relied on my looks to get me by, and this is true with a lot of things in my life not just school. I think that a lot of females rely on their looks to get them to where they want to be as opposed to succeeding without thinking that way. In my professional life the job I am currently at, I believe my employees would take me more seriously if I were a man. Being a man as a manger as opposed to a female manager the employees listen more and are willing to try harder to please that man. It is unfortunate to say but females are not taken as seriously as men are in that position. My civic life would also be turned upside down if I were born male. Since I am a female in the 21st century I am more aware of politics and government issues. If I were a man I might not care as much about current issues and debates happening. I personally know a lot of man who don’t keep up or don’t even care to keep up with politics and government and a lot of females I know are the ones who are discussing about and keeping current with today’s issues. Those are just my opinions and reasons how my social, academic, professional and civic life would have been affected if I were born the opposite
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