- I am female, and I do like being a female.
- I'm male.
- Male.
- I identify as a female.
- I'd say my gender is a male.
- I am a woman, and I like being a woman because--
I don't know, I just like it, and I
wouldn't have it any other way.
- I'm a male.
- My own gender's female.
- Yeah, I like being female.
I think that's the way I'll stay.
- Gender, there's different genders like male, female.
And transgenders-- is it a type of gender?
- Someone's gender is the way they identify themselves.
- Maybe a boy that feels they're more of a girl,
or the girl feels more of they're a boy.
- They could identify as something else,
like non-binary, where they don't identify as either
gender.
They're just themselves.
- I think someone's biological sex is, like,
what they were born as.
But then someone's gender identity
is what they choose to be.
- There is a difference in what you're born with and regard
yourself as.
But the question is, should we accept that?
And is what you think more important
than your physical body?
- In my opinion, there's only two types.
Right?
If you're born a man, you're born a man.
If you're born a woman, you're born a woman.
- We have things on our bodies that determine what we are.
- It's easier to call them male/female
based on their sexual organs really.
- My personal belief is that there are only two genders.
There's nothing else other than that.
- I'm not exactly the most masculine guy,
but I'm still a male with my gender.
I don't need to identify as anything other,
just because I'm not the stereotype.
- I think some people do view it as not good
and going against God's wishes I guess.
But it's kind of none of their business.
It's if that person doesn't feel comfortable
and doesn't feel as if they know themselves in that skin,
and they don't want to be themselves.
It's their choice.
- They're not harming anyone else,
so why discriminate against them for it?
- I think people should be able to change their gender.
Because if they don't feel comfortable in their body,
then if it makes them happy to change gender,
that's better for them.
- I think men are better at some jobs like the hard labour jobs,
like building, because they have more muscle and strength.
While women, they're pretty good at doing, like,
makeup and nail salons and stuff like that.
I know I'd be judged if I went into, like, the nail
business and stuff.
- You do get men where they are involved in makeup,
hair dressing, stuff like that.
And it is frowned upon by some people, but by others,
they see it as them embracing their own--
what they are doing, what they love.
And you can't stop that.
Because if they love what they're doing,
then they should carry on doing it.
- People do get bullied for, like,
not doing things that are stereotypical for their gender.
I think that's because most girls and boys are brought up
the same way.
So they think they can only do certain things.
But as you get older, you become more independent and you
realise that you can do anything you want to do.
- Well, I know a few boys that do
want to go into hair and beauty and stuff like that.
And they're doing quite well, to be quite honest with you.
But you do get the stereotype that you
are gay and stuff like that, because you are doing something
a girl would normally do--
which isn't the case.
And I think that's kind of wrong that people do stereotype.
- I believe gender is a social construct due to representation
in the media.
So for example, it's simple as adverts for toys,
for children, we are presented with the ideas
that boys like construction and girls like makeup.
- I think your upbringing, like the toys you get,
can affect it.
Because a lot of girls clothes or toys
have things on like-- be pretty and stuff like this.
Where on boys, it's always-- be strong and all of this.
So it kind of teaches girls, from a really early age,
that girls can't be strong, girls can't do this
and can't do that.
And boys can't-- like, boys can't cry,
for example and boys can't be emotional.
- I think if you're a girl and in society, they mostly
like girly stuff like unicorns and makeup.
So bringing them up like that shouldn't really
make that much of a difference.
I think boys should also be brought up
as in having toy cars and stuff, because that's what you're
going to do in the future--
most likely.
- I was brought up in Guiding and Brownies
and stuff like that.
And then I went into Scouting and enjoyed that a lot more.
But because I was a girl, my mum put me into Brownies first.
And I think a lot of people do that with children.
- I think kids should be free to choose
what they want to play with or what they want to wear,
as it depends on how they feel really.
They may not want to be into girly stuff if they're a girl.
- The gender pay gap is where, on average, females
tend to earn a certain percentage less than males,
for doing the same role in a job.
- I think being a male gives me many advantages in life.
- If it's a male and female who have the exact same ability,
which is really top calibre, then they deserve the same pay
despite the gender-- because they fulfil that same role.
- At the end of the day, if we're both doing the same job,
why is someone else getting paid more than I am?
I just don't think that's right.
And if you're putting it down to my gender,
that's just even worse, because what's different?
- Females aren't inferior to men,
so they shouldn't be earning less.
- People are starting to widen their horizons.
And people are just making new rules for themselves.
- We're all just human.
So if a girl wants to be strong and pretty and all of this
at same time, she can do that.
A boy shouldn't have to sit there
and hold all his emotions in and keep it all inside of him.
- We should all just accept who someone is.
We're here to be loving.
We're not here to judge people and decide that this is wrong
and this is right.
- I just say, let people be what they want to be.
You shouldn't have to live by a set of rules that
have been in place for hundreds of years
and haven't been updated.