Gender role has had a huge impact on my identity.  I have always grown up wearing long shorts and t-shirts. Most girls don't wear longer shorts, unless they're tom boys.  I have also grown up, from when I was a baby, wearing more manly colors such as blue, red and black.  My parents imposed these colors on me, and that's probably why to this day my favorite color is blue.  I grew up around toys such as trucks, cars, and action figures.  I like cars and I'm into them, more so than a lot of women, because I was brought up with them.  I learned in my younger years that boys usually play with trucks, and girls are more geared to have barbies, and dolls.  My friends also used to egg me on to do things.  This is a big part of being a boy.  I'd often get hurt doing things, and have cuts and scrapes was all part of being a boy.  I am often doing things around the house, like mowing the lawn, watering plants, mulching and cleaning up leaves.  This is a big part of being a boy.  I have grown up helping my dad around the house repairing things.  Working is a big part of being a boy/man.  Sports have also played a big role in my identity.  I played baseball all of my life, and have learned that that is more of a manly sport.  All of these things have shaped and made my identity to what it currently is.

Merchants of cool response

The makers and creators of all these teen trends and teen desires.  They do not care at all about the teenage generation.  Their number one priority is to make money and they do anything they have to do achieve this.  They build these trends up and evolve ever so slightly on them to keep the interest of the consumers.  These peoples are experts at what they do and that is why they make millions upon millions a year.