be accepted in the social world," address the "need to have a public persona that is acknowledged by others to be the desired gender." Dr. Banks investigates how society contributes to gender classification and that this social identity stems up from the personal identity. Think of gender identification as an idea, a theory or even a hypothesis stating: If I act like a man, then I will be accepted more than I would be if I were female-keyword being "accepted." People need to feel accepted and acknowledged because according to Gayle S. Rubin, "acceptability and stigmas are rewarded...accordingly as established by Western...popular culture." Once an individual achieves this acknowledgement by the social world, their identity has been established.
             In the traditional mode of thinking, genetics determine gender. Thus, according to Dawn R. Banks' A Study of the Components of Gender Identity a person with XX chromosomes will
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