Genetics (Nature VS Nurture)

Being born into a family with an older brother made me very sporty. Unlike many girls I liked to go out for a run to play soccer or play with toy cars rather than barbie dolls. However strangely enough, I ALWAYS wore pink. This reflects my personal and social identity, nature vs nurture. It is socially constructed that girls wear pink and boys wear blue. Like any other parent, my parents dressed me in pink, which for me became a natural habit. This topic has been debated for years in why girls where pink and boys wear blue. 

Growing up I very athletic, in one of the interviews I had with my mother, she said "You used to watch your brother figure skate at the age of 4 and one day you asked to try it out yourself, I agreed so you could experience it yourself. Little did I know you had true ability to figure skate, not your brother!" All throughout primary school, I represented the school in going to zone or area competition for cross country, swimming and athletics, always coming first or second in my age group. It is scientifically proven that genetics have some sort of contribution to the sporting performance of one but is very hard to quantify the performance. However our athleticism is also determined by nurture,  through resources, age, culture and involvement. The development of athleticism is neither a direct genetic makeup of nature or the environment nurture but a combination of both.