In this quick essay, I will give my opinion concerning the current hot topic of the transformation of Bruce Jenner to Caitlyn Jenner.
I see a man who used to live a life of glory. He is an Olympic Champion, the best representation of a hero America had seen during the late 70’s and early 80’s. I see an individual, that lost his individuality to become the smallest part of an ensemble, The Kardashians.
Gay proponents believe we come out of our mother’s womb with a pre-determined attraction to males or females. In my eyes, this idea is ridiculous. How can you be born with a psychological characteristic of attraction to a certain gender if your brain is still developing? You don’t know what colors are, but you innately know that there are females and males and that you are attracted to the latter? Seems like a very specific type of pre-birth knowledge that is wasted in that field. Would it not be more useful to already know what profession we will thrive in when we grow up, or even what football team we will belong to?
Similar to choosing a favorite football team, your sexual orientation and gender issues are defined by your human experience. The same way most people become fans of the team their father or mother prefer. Your sexual orientation will also be connected to the relationship with your parents, abusive or not, or lack of relationship, as well as those around you. But do not limit this argument to just this group of people.
Due to the influence of TV, the Internet, and the liberal approach parents take when allowing their kids to interact with other children; the outside stimuli children are exposed to is undoubtedly more intense than ever. As such, loving active parents, can still have a child with a perverted relationship with their own sexuality. This perversion is not due to the parent’s actions, but some other outside stimuli the child has been exposed to.
Like the athlete that has non-athletic parents, the motivation and stimulation to become an athlete did not come from the parents. The desire to be an athlete came from outside stimuli, which the child was exposed to during his growing process unless you believe he was born an athlete. In the case of Bruce Jenner, the ridiculousness of this argument reaches a boiling point.
Jenner was born a woman in a man’s body who won an Olympic gold medal as a male athlete. So was he born a male athlete and a female athlete at the same time?
In the particular case of Bruce/Caitlyn, there was no way he could avoid the environment he has been in for the last few years, and the relationship that he has with his recent change. Jenner, for the last few years, has lived in the most hyper-feminine environment in the world, the Kardashian household.
Attention and recognition are given to the people with the best appearance and Jenner is in the middle of this superficial lifestyle where looks are a constant topic. Bruce Jenner who had been the center of attention for most of his life, suddenly saw himself being dismissed from the public eye because he was not interesting enough (i.e. not having a big enough ass or pretty face). However, the rest of his family, which has nothing else to offer other than being voluptuous females, were put in the forefront.
I think that this is the main reason for Bruce’s transformation to Caitlyn. All the attention he had been receiving was gone and when it came back stronger than ever, it wasn’t for him, but for the women with which he was associated. In the quest of regaining attention, Jenner, like all of us, copied the people closest to him who have the lifestyle he wants to have. Therefore, he became a controversial woman, the maximum symbol of today’s pop culture. Dale Carnegie said, “everybody wants to feel important,” and to achieve that we tend to imitate the people around us that others consider important. That’s how human behavior develops, it is influenced by its environment, “monkey see, monkey do”.
Written by Leandro Goncalves
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