Blog Post 2
For this blog post I’m going to write about another personal experience. I was having a discussion today with my friends about what our parents think about gender and sexuality, and came across some interesting anecdotes and differences in beliefs or levels of awareness between different families. One of my friends told me that their mom didn’t understand what being bisexual meant and didn’t think that bisexual people were real/valid until she had a conversation with one of her colleague’s daughters (if I recall correctly). It was interesting to compare to my own mother, who is a psychology professor and often studies gender in employment relations. I will say I think she has more awareness about the diversity of gender and sexuality than most of my friends’ parents, especially after having that conversation with my friends. Going back to what I was saying earlier, I found it very compelling to hear about the problems that my friend’s mom had to overcome. She is an ar...