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This week in class we talked about Gender Equality and Homosexuality. The first day we talked about Gender equality. It made me think about the movie daddy day care and how in one part of the movie this lady was checking in her kid and two moms said, are you actually putting you kid in here. In response she said, yes can’t women do what men do and men do what women do. This statement made me giggle. We then talked about how in stores there are roles that are meant for girls and roles that are meant for boys as they say. That how the company’s get their toys sold. We talked about how most family have typical gender behaviors. An example of typical gender behaviors is when a boy plays with a car and a girl plays with makeup. We talked about typical differences between boys and girls. Girls are better at communication and are more empathic. We talked about how boys are more aggressive, and some boys can be competitive. This is also like having a typical mom and dad, in a typical family serrao, the dad is the protector of the family and the mom is the one that takes care of the kids. She is more of the nurture for the kids. There are other types of family situations similar to this like, having two moms or two dads. We talked about what make a non-typical gender behavior it can be caused by trauma it can be when a child is young, or it can be at adult age it doesn’t matter.  That causes people to be attracted to the opposite sex.  There can be other factors too. It can be that they have some mental problems and they are not comfortable with there body. So, they believe that changing into the other sex or having a relationship with the same sex will help this. While we were talking, I felt that this is were we are at in the world.  People are changing who they are attracted and what gender they want to be.  This is a trend that is getting more popular. There is a boy in my ward back home who decided to change his gender, he is my age. When I grew up with hem we went to the same school. After high school he decided he wanted to be a girl. He is now in a relationship with a boy. At this point in my life, I am at in life. I can see how hard it could be to figure out what to do with life.  A person might feel as though they are compared to other their age. I have issues with this every day. I feel I do not live up to what I am suppose too. I can see what young adults are having and wanted to change gender or are attracted to the same sex, and how this can be a way to deal with these feelings. I had a bishop who I went in crying because I was having a hard time with classes and doing the work. I was feeling that I was not smart enough. He told me something that has stuck with me through my college education. He said that if you do not feel you are understanding things, try harder, ask question, because even trying a little harder you will know you tried you hardest. People are having these feelings and our trying every possible way to get relief. While my experience is nothing compared to others.  This could be one of the reasons we are seeing change like we are seeing with the family.  People are just trying to figure out who they are. That is what we learned in class I am amazed what you can learn in this class. i