I have a twenty-one year old sister, and I am twenty. This leaves us just fifteen months apart. My sister, Taylor, was gendered (I believe) in more ways than I was. Because she was the first born, my parents were more gender excited. Taylor was exposed to the pink blankets, floral clothing, and glittery nail polish at an early age. At our first house, she had a purple room with floral wallpaper, and at our second house the walls were pink with zebra print. Taylor has always identified closely with my mother, from what I believe is part of Freud’s claim. About a year later my parents tried for a boy, and ended up with me. Because my mother and sister were so close, I veered off of Freud’s path and latched onto my father. I think he influenced me from a very early age. I say this because when I was around six, I cut my hair to be like my dad, and I have had blue walls in my bedroom since I could choose. I don’t want to be a boy, and I don’t identify as a male, but because I was influenced so much by my father, I picked up some masculine gendered
I have a twenty-one year old sister, and I am twenty. This leaves us just fifteen months apart. My sister, Taylor, was gendered (I believe) in more ways than I was. Because she was the first born, my parents were more gender excited. Taylor was exposed to the pink blankets, floral clothing, and glittery nail polish at an early age. At our first house, she had a purple room with floral wallpaper, and at our second house the walls were pink with zebra print. Taylor has always identified closely with my mother, from what I believe is part of Freud’s claim. About a year later my parents tried for a boy, and ended up with me. Because my mother and sister were so close, I veered off of Freud’s path and latched onto my father. I think he influenced me from a very early age. I say this because when I was around six, I cut my hair to be like my dad, and I have had blue walls in my bedroom since I could choose. I don’t want to be a boy, and I don’t identify as a male, but because I was influenced so much by my father, I picked up some masculine gendered