Hey everyone! I can't really think of a time in the past that I've crossed a gender line, but I can think of a circumstance in the future when I might.  I am majoring in psychology and minoring in Spanish, and my dream job would be doing some kind of missionary field work somewhere in South America. When I told my family about this, they got really worried for me.  My mother especially thought that since I'm a woman, it would be very dangerous for me to be out by myself in some South American country.  She made it sound like if I was a man, it would not even be an issue.  I can understand where she's coming from, and I would probably feel the same way if it was my daughter.  As much as I hate to admit it, girls just seem more vulnerable in situations like that, and that really bothers me.  Going to a different country and doing missionary work should not be gender-sensitive at all.  Women should feel just as safe as men when doing stuff like that, but we don't.  I tried explaining this to my mom, and she saw my point of view, but she still wants me to choose to do something different with my life.  Hopefully by the time I get older, doing what I want to do with my career won't be such a big deal and won't be considered as "crossing a gender line." I read some of the other blogs on here, and I know a lot of you are in the same boat as me when it comes to our career paths being defined by gender, and I definitely do not want to let gender dictate what I can and can't do with my life. 

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