After completing the identity chart, I had an important insight — how others see us depends on certain norms and stereotypes that are common in society at this time. For example, a woman may be married to a man, and others would consider her heterosexual, while she would identify herself as bisexual. Or some would see a dark-skinned person and assume their race and nationality right away. Or a person could be in a bad mood that day, and those who interacted with that individual just once would forever remember them as bad-tempered. Thus, all of the aspects of our personalities could be interpreted by people in various ways. But it’s only us who know ourselves better than anybody else, and we should stick to this knowledge and our inner feelings. To speak the truth, all of us are guilty of unconsciously labeling each other, and it’s just how the human brain works. 

Some attributes and behaviors are considered more traditional, therefore, they are more acceptable. For instance, the traditional image of a woman is a man’s wife, child-raiser, homemaker, and well-mannered lady. The traditional image of a man is a strong leader, bread-winner, aggressive warrior. Those entrenched patriarchal standards dictate rules for behavior, identification, and ethics. Every deep-rooted stereotype prevents people from identifying themselves freely and should be disposed of.