Being a woman included cleaning, cooking, washing and helping around the house. While my brothers could run and play without curfew or chaperones. Gender the physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for its male and female members (Ferris & Stein 243). My parents told me at a very young age that girls shouldn't run around in the streets and that they shouldn't hang out with boys. I was dressed in sparkly dress shoes at a very young age and given Barbie toys and girls' toys to play with. When I was in elementary and first grade things changed, I loved running around, sweating and getting dirty. That’s when I decided to join basketball. My mother was really supportive, even though I was the only girl on the team I later joined. the cheerleading team, jazz club, choir, spelling bee and recycling club. I didn't allow my gender to stop me from doing the things I