In the story "X: A Fabulous Child's
Story," a child is raised as an X.
An X is a child who is assigned to
a neutral gender by its parents and
scientists. The parents of X raise
the child to both girl and boy
standards. This, however, is just a
story. Raising a child with an
assigned gender is impossible. Many
factors go into the development of
gender and gender identity.
Theorists state that the issue of
gender identity is based on the
society where the child grows.
Others believe that gender identity
is based on the physical traits of
the individual. Another aspect of
attempting to raise a child without
a specific gender is the fact of
isolation. An individual would be
isolated by the society because
they do not fit the social norms in
the society.

First, we have to define gender
identity. "Richard Ashmore defines
gender identity as ‘the structured
set of gendered personal identities
that results when the individual
takes the social construction of......

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Title: Gender Identity Conflict
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