I have learned to live within the dangers of a gender stereotype and have learned to accept them. I remember my mother always lecturing me on what a girl should and shouldn't do. His list of restrictions was even longer than those I later found in Shakespeare's plays about girls my age applied to his generations back. I also didn't want to be judged by the people around me. My Chinese language teacher used to say “Girls should act like girls”. I was absolutely connected to the culture