Author's Note: Genders; They set males and females apart from each other. Connecting, with males and females though each other though is what should happen. This book shows inspiration to boys and girls that are trying to connect. This is what I found in the words that Blake Nelson wrote in Gender Blender.
Blake Nelson the author of the book Gender Blender made me relate in very many ways. Sure, I talk to girls and can be nice to them but I had no idea what they go through. Characteristics that can be found would be evil or deceiving to name bad things that a girl could do. Things good about them would be love, caring, outgoing, and generally nice. Girls consider us guys many things. Sometimes it is something not very nice or sometimes it is something sweet or very nice to us. In the end, every person just wants to be loved. Realizing something great is this world is an amazing thing. Boys and girls actually aren’t so different after all. We do things to annoy each other because we care about them; We take risks because we want a good/funny outcome with them; The one thing we all want to come out with in the end, is love. No one notices this but everyone wants love. This book taught me a lot about things that involve growing up as an entire person that is why it was such a great book. Inspiration comes through this book; you will find a lot of inspiration if you read it too.
Changing lives to a girl for me would be almost impossible. I wouldn’t have anything I had when I was a boy. Being close to 6 or 7 inches shorter than I would be right now standing at 5’8 it would be awful. I couldn’t play sports, like basketball and football. Absolutely no muscle at all, more emotion than before, and living an everyday girl life would be something I couldn't do even if I tried. A girl could not possibly live in the body I have right now. They would weigh almost 30 or 40 more pounds than they did before, and would be way taller than before. It would be hard figuring out what things you are good at and things you struggle at. Switching to a girl, would be the worst thing I would ever want to do.
Differences between genders are more complicated than people think they are because we have different body parts, different clothing, and different ways of doing things. We all do things to irritate the opposite sex or mess with them. Or it may be something nice or romantic like flirting or talking to them in a nice way. We all need to be loved though, that is one thing every human needs in their life. Personal experiences people may have with different genders are dating, marriage, or any other form people dealing with the opposite gender. Adults have more experiences than teenagers with love or anything else to deal with males and females. Sometimes teenagers or kids may over react on what the opposite persons wants if they are in a relationship, but in reality why are they in a relationship if they are just going to get hurt? It happens to a lot of people, kids and adults but we all wish didn’t have to go through hard times. I wish I hadn’t had some of the experiences with opposite sex but life is life and some things we go through just happen even if you don’t want them to.
In my eyes, this book was trying to tell me that we all have special/different features to offer the world. Special talents or special things that make a human. This book showed me that everyone in this world has a place to be. If you are someone who plays sports, a very good student, or someone who likes to hang out and live life. Some people are more fortunate than others with family and friends, but that shouldn’t make you want to do anything to hurt yourself or do anything you will regret. Another thing the author is trying to tell me that everyone needs to be happy even if you think your life is awful; in reality it really isn’t so bad. People exaggerate over a lot of things, but wanting to die? No one really wants that to happen, people care if you die don’t think that they don’t. Most people think of people don’t if you are the one “claiming” to hurt themselves. Everyone wants you to live and everyone has something to life for in this world. Don’t do something people would cry over, be depressed, or anything else. You are special; I am special; and everyone in this world is special.
Boys and girls; females and males different lives and different needs. Realizing what we live around in life no one really takes time to notice that things are different. Males don’t realize what females might go through. Females don’t realize what males go through. Even if they think they have an idea, they really don’t. In the end, everyone needs to be loved. How would you feel if you had to change the way you live each and every day? If you changed genders, from a boy to a girl or a girl to a boy. How would anyone be able to do that? I know I couldn’t.
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