StephanieAmber

One of the hardest things to grasp growing up as woman is unlearning ideals and concepts we have been subconsciously taught. This was even more prominent for me growing up in an immigrant family. Sure, my parents are very Americanized compared to some of my other relatives. Yet there were always harsh gender roles that lingered in how they raised me. This first started to become apparent to me after I got my first boyfriend in high school. I had gotten my license first since my parents bought me a car which allowed me to get a job first out of the two of us. I would get so angry that I had to pick him up for dates or split a restaurant tab every now and then.