Convergence of Biology and Gender Identity: A Study of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eyes

The concept of gender and the related practices are born at intersection biology politics. Biological markers; physical, physiological psychological politicized for hierarchical positioning man woman. nexus between politics has also generated notion ‘immutability’ woman’s ‘gendered self’. Women too, having interiorized inferiority self unquestioningly have shown little inclination to redefine her-‘self’ after accepted nature’s role in her physical formation. inability better ‘self’ definition is due failure distinguish exact point confluence socially ascribed identities. Caught imbroglio woman suffered crippled social consequences same well substantiated novel Bluest Eye by African American writer Toni Morrison. women characters paradigms real life situations. While some do acutely suffer from deprivation their biological markers, others handle affirmatively deprivations understanding cultural successfully explores fact that distinct anatomical difference or identities humans should not be cause source discriminatory practices. Or other words denies as something hermetically sealed factors; advantages birth (like race class), socio-cultural pressures, cultivation mental culture many more great consequence both formation ‘positive self- identity’ challenging significations.