Joshua Topacio

On your own, I want you to reflect on the following questions. 

a.) How can you describe your discovery of your sexuality? your sense of being male or female.

When I was young that time when I gain consciousness about the world around me, I
think I was around 5 that time. I was attached on playing toys for boys just like marble, robots,
racecar and also airsoft. I can sense that I am truly male when I was attracted to a girl that was
my colleagues when I was at the 5 th grade. I also experience having a girlfriend in my school life
until now.

b.) How does your being female or male influence your family's and peers’ expectations from
you?

Being male influences my family in the reason that when there’s a heavy work to do,
they will likely to do it myself because they said that I am a male. They will also allow me to
have a relationship because I’m their son not the same as other parents do when they have a
daughter. On my peers expectation on the other hand they laughed at me when they see me
crying because they taught that only girls can cry and big boys don’t.