Growing up in America in the popular time of the nuclear family, there are many different family cultures and people that don't fit in that category and therefore are left out, so to say in the cartesian way of thinking which has us constantly naming, organizing, and putting order to everything. Generally things that don't fit in a subject areas are looked upon as outcasts that don't belong. Struggling a long looking for acceptance and rarely finding it. In America where all things are supposed to be treated equally this doesn't seem the case.
In "Sexing the Body" by Anne Fausto-Sterling the idea of sexuality and gender come to play. She discusses how there are more than two genders, and that we should be socially accepting of all of them. For years people have suffered with their identity because they don't fit in the black and white of our world. This is not fair nor is it okay, we all are human and deserve to have a place in which we belong. Like Alfred Kinsey who categorized men and women on a scale of zero to six rather female then male gives hope for the future. Fausto-Sterling opens the door for opinionated and close minded people to open their eyes and see that there is a large gray area and it is easier to see more clearly if we aren't so concerned about the categories of everything. Seeing clearly and being more accepting of others will make life easier for all. Not only do we need to be more open minded and understanding of people with different sexual orientations and genders but with everything that we judge and categorize as well.