A sex category becomes a gender status through naming, dress, and the use of other gender markers (Lorber 141). From birth, parents often decide what gender their children are and how they should express themselves without even considering how they feel. I can relate to this because growing up my sisters and I were taught to think that we were only supposed to play with Barbie dolls and that we always had to keep our clothes clean and do our hair. On the other hand, my brothers were allowed to play rough and weren't always told to wear clean clothes because they had to look good. This plays into the stereotype that girls are delicate and sensitive and boys are tough and can be confident just by being