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"Safety in the shadows" Here a woman feminine as can be in the shadows because in public its critiqued by both men and women. Too feminine and you won't be taken seriously by men or women. Too pretty and some women are overcome by jealousy and belittle you. Men will reduce you to nothing but a pretty face to look at and you won't be taken seriously. Lorber discusses how we do gender, it is not something we are, it is something we do. We perform gender through our actions and treat each other based on how we perceive one another. People are respected based on how they much or litter they adhere to gender constructs. These barries are the direct result of social constructions that enforce male dominance.

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"Too much? Too little? Never enough." The self-reflection before going out. Feeling and looking good isn't enough because we will be reduced to how we look. It's encouraged to portray felinity as a woman. However, when we do we're looked down on as weak, inferior, and reduced down to our bodies and sexual genitalia. Looking feminine and soft means we're perceived as less than when people don't even know the full story of the person they're judging. In Sojourner Truth's, "Ain't I a Woman?" she talks about her experience with the prevailing notions of women's weakness and intellectual inferiority. The woman in this photo can be anything she might be a teacher, a student, or a researcher it doesn't matter when she goes out she will not be respected and dressed like that because it's too feminine. She redefines what it means to be a woman. Sojour rejects the notion that women are weak, dependent, and intellectually inferior. She challenges women's fragility by saying she has "Ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?". Here she presented herself as strong, capable, and wise to demonstrate she is just as capable as her male counterparts. 

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"Out, Open, and in Love". Two women in love can be seen here. It seems that one woman is more "masculine" than the other. Why is this necessary? Though it's recommended for women to appear more "masculine" in order to be regarded more seriously in some situations, we like to think that we get to choose how we dress. Women are urged to dress professionally at work by donning a jacket and pantsuit in order to be taken more seriously. However, just as boys are encouraged to participate in sports, these same traits that are associated with men were taught to them. "Patriarchy, Power, and Female Masculinity" by Nguyen Tan Hoang explores how female masculinity challenges the traditional binary conception of gender as it is now understood.According to Hoang, "The butch lesbian not only denormalizes the relationship between men and masculinity, but she also denormalizes masculinity itself by making it seem 'queer.'" The feminine body is forced to transform and, with a hint of mockery, give rise to new meanings and expressions due to the resignification of masculinity on it." Because she is embracing both masculinity and femininity, a woman who exhibits slightly more masculine traits upsets the balance of power in a patriarchal culture. Hoang discusses how social perceptions may be questioned, altered, and eventually, acceptance can be achieved through visibility. 

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"Two men? Two Women? One of each?, Just love." In same-gender relationships in particular, there is typically one partner who seems marginally more feminine or masculine. It is easier to "accept" and relax when you perceive one person as more feminine or masculine. The internalized social norms that we were raised with are to blame for this. We haven't seen as many same-sex couples in mainstream media until recently. We can make educated guesses about the gender of the individuals in the picture without seeing their faces, but why would we need to? People will try to determine the person's gender based just on this photo, but it's difficult to tell because there aren't any clear-cut characteristics. Love ought to be appreciated and acknowledged for what it is.  It is highlighted in "The Social Construction of Gender" by Judith Lorber, who goes into great detail about how engrained gender is in our daily lives. Lower-income nations, "As a social institution, gender is a process of creating distinguishable social statuses for the assignment of rights and responsibilities" ​​. For our personal comfort, we want to regard a certain individual as more masculine or feminine, but we also want to know how to treat that person. Gender is a social construct that is taught and unnecessarily linked to sex. 

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"Put a Bow on it". This is a take on the common saying "Put a cork in it". Women are often told their voices don't matter or hold any value. We are told that we cannot be as good as our male counterparts for a multitude of reasons. In Gloria Anzaldúa's essay "La conciencia de la mestiza: Towards a New Consciousness," she talks about the concept of the mestiza consciousness that arises from living in a space of cultural hybridity and conflict. Anzaldúa talks about how growing up in a dual environment leads to internal conflict because of uncertainty, it's often better to be silent. Anzaldua states, "The ambivalence from the clash of voices results in mental and emotional states of perplexity. Internal strife results in insecurity and indecisiveness"​​. There is this internal war going on inside it chips away at our energy trying to navigate two worlds where both are run by the patriarchy and where we're struggling with identity. However, Anzaldúa hopes for a future where these struggles will be recognized. Soon, All these identities will be included especially the ones shunned the most by mainstream society.  