Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. I remember saying that when I was little because I was picked on for having a skin disorder which caused me to have white blotches on my face. I said that as a source of defense of the verbal attack. I find that language can hurt anyone; however, the severity of hurt is all dependent on the person and how sensitive they are. I am not that much of a sensitive person being that I have developed a tolerance for the opinions of others. To be successful, you have to take things with a grain of salt and keep it moving because if you dwell on the things people say, you will never progress unless you take what people say and make it benefit you for the better. With this statement, I neither agree nor disagree because words are something permanent. Yes, a broken bone may hurt, but the pain is temporary. Words stick to a person, especially if it is something with meaning. I grew up in the country and people would always try to knock me for going in the military and going to school. I even had people to tell me I was arrogant for doing so. I used the words from those people as my driving force to make myself a better person. Referencing to the book, language and gender is something that is very true. If you tell a woman she is fat over and over, more than likely, she will try to either lose the weight or conceal her body. If you call a man fat over and over, more than likely, he will think nothing about. As I stated in my opening paragraph, the severity in which words effect oneself is totally based on that persons’ sensitivity level and ability to let things go. I think people should take the negative words of people and build from it. It will not only make them a better person, but it will also build their self