Reflect on a specific gender expectation imposed by your culture that has been the most challenging to navigate. In 2-3 sentences, describe one clear example of this expectation and explain why it has been difficult for you. Ensure your response is concise, vivid, and focused on personal experience.

 One specific gender expectation that was imposed by my culture that had been the most challenging to navigate throughout my life was having to be successful each and every time I had to pursue or do something, a belief that is most related to my family's past of being all very smart and successful people who managed to make themselves into something important. The more I went throughout my life I had felt a shame to be called a son or my family, after all I had failed continuously multiple times, it was only until I went into my 12th grade year did I realize that maybe failure isn't all that bad and if I had just gotten up one more time for one more day that it could make a huge difference as a surge of hope filled me each and every time as I fell back down from the skies only having a glimpse of what I could be. 

Summary: Today in class we read the essay "I Want A Wife" by Judy Brady, and discussed cultural aspects of the poem regarding gender restrictions by their own culture. 

Reflection: Today I learned that gender cultural expectations can be more biased than I thought, for example a woman has to be kind and nurturing towards her kids which shows that a women can't be herself and has to be this certain way that can be considered extreme. This impacted me by making me think of the times I felt like I was restricted by my own gender such as having to be less emotional and vulnerable towards others and not trusting others as a guy is expected to be knowledgeable and smart when it comes to the things they do. In the future I will use this to help others with their own cultural identity problems or any self-doubt within themselves by telling them the facts of it in order to at least get their hopes up at least a little that it was going to be alright for them even if they failed. 

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