I would define gender as what a person is biologically born with, either they get a blue hat or a pink hat in the nursery. At this point in people's lives gender is simply anatomical. Yet, I believe that gender can change as a person evolves into an adult and into their role within society. After you have been "nurtured,"have it be your parents, school, media, or peers, gender becomes in my opinion decided by the mind and characteristics of that specific individual. In my case, I have never felt like I was different than what god gave me at birth, but I have felt the pressures of trying to fill the role that America determines as acceptable for each sex. In elementary school I would much rather go play a soccer game in the mud and pouring rain, than go shopping at the mall with my friends and their over protective mothers. At recess I didn't play house on the jungle gym, I threw the football with the boys. At that point in my life physical activity was much more enjoyable for me than any other activity defined as "girly." I obviously wasn't conscious of this decision not to conform to feminine traits, I simply would rather go to a Pacer game than the spa with my mom, but media has become more and more influential within my life. I'm not saying that without the media I would still be rolling in the mud and playing outside when it was storming, but I don't know if that change to become more "girly" would have happened as quickly. It is easy to look at magazines and T.V shows and question your own behavior and characteristics and wonder if you are acting the way you are "supposed" or "intended" to.