How Do We Determine Our Sexual Identity

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Life's not fair and has been far from so with societal expectations forced from one generation to the next. Our perception of what is right and wrong is for us to decide; yes. However, fear of being outcast or removed from the world as we know it prevents humans to freely express their feelings or ideas. Fear shackles the human right of possessing and determining an identity. There are the brave few who face that fear and unite together in order to demolish the expectations; to demolish the fear that future generations might endure on their own. A prominent injustice done to our generation is the power to determine our own sexual identity. American youths have recently been gifted with recognition from the law concerning their sexuality, but youths in other countries have not. There are 79 countries …show more content…
Some countries support propaganda against it, labeling these souls as outcasts. This sexual identity movement has interfered with lives of many people of religion and tradition, yet these cases have no real severe impact on their lives. They lack understanding. “BOY” is a short film about a young girl who claims to be transsexual and her proclamation is repudiated by her mother who is constantly trying to fill the mold of a perfect family. With a perfect daughter. At the beginning, it is obvious she is attracted to a masculine style and her mother plays it off as if her daughter was being humorous. The strong front her daughter wears and how she does not burst out yelling or telling her mother that it is not a joke assumes that she knows that it is a societal sin. She does not stand up for herself because no one helps her. She is frustrated that her mother does not understand how she feels, which is also explains the quiver she