About a month ago I did not notice anything out of the ordinary in my everyday life on the subject of gender. Yes, there have always been jokes about the women’s place being in the kitchen and men getting all sorts of privilege, but I never really thought too hard about it because it was never anything new. Once my attention was brought to this subject and I was told to delve deeper into the super weird societal gender norms, my eyes were opened to so many new and fairly disturbing occurrences. It was actually quite overwhelming. I did not know how to process everything and in a way my mind wanted to reject these happenings because it just seemed so sick and twisted, but I was accustomed to all of it and frankly, I did not want to be …show more content…
A good friend of mine just barely had a baby less than a week ago and she is always telling me about how sick and tired she was of being so big and pregnant and she still had to do everything around the house because her husband would not help and definitely saw his job to work and her job to do housework and in the future raise the children almost on her own. Now I feel like I am on the other side of the spectrum when listening to her complaints because I think so progressively. For example, when she says this stuff, in my head I am saying, “*gasp* How could your husband not see that you need help and jump right in to pick up his weight at least while you are pregnant and can barely move in the first place. Does he not know that he is allowed to help you? Or does he not want to be made fun of by his buddies for folding your panties? *eyeroll*” She knows she needs help, but this society is so brainwashed that she does not feel okay with asking for help with the duties she has the sole responsibility to do. As my husband and I laid on our pathetic excuse for a couch watching one of those silly Scary Movie parodies I started to get really upset about the women in the movie. They were all dressed in less than a PlayBoy Bunny and could not for the life of them understand anything. They just stood around making sexual
Hockey is one of the hardest sports to play. You can get on a basketball court and know how to run. You can get on a soccer field and know how to kick a ball. You can get on a baseball field and know how to swing a bat towards a ball, but you cannot get on a hockey rink for the first time and not know how to skate. All of these sports are hard, and it takes a while to get good at kicking a soccer ball or swinging a bat. But in hockey, skating is a whole different category that you have to be good in to be good at hockey. What Wayne Gretzky did to the sport of hockey is truly amazing. Wayne Gretzky revolutionized hockey through his amazing skill at the sport, made an impact on the hockey community through his attitude on and off of the rink, and inspired many young players to try be as good as him.
John Steinbeck’s tone throughout Travels with Charley can be described as witty or comical. Through the way that he described his dog Charley, for example, I noticed that he often times made him seem like he was a human in a humorous way. Even after a traumatic experience at Yellowstone National Park, he managed to keep it light, describing Charley as “a man coming out of a long, hard drunk- worn out, depleted, collapsed” (Steinbeck 165). It was interesting picturing a dog acting like a drunk human. How he was able to keep a comical tone throughout the novel is what drew me in and kept me interested.
My life started with my long and hard birth on July 14, 1993. I came into the world with a large scream and was immediately placed into some sort of category. The doctors and nurses took a quick look at me, and pronounced me as a girl. This social label of being a girl was now my gender, which is something I had no say in. Every since that very moment in time where my parents were told I was a girl, I have been treated according to my gender. This meant that my parents automatically dressed me in pink, bought me dollhouses and kitchen sets and threw me Barbie themed birthday parties. Since I was surrounded my whole entire life by these things, it was almost like second nature to think and act the way that I did and still do. My
Our society’s gender roles are constantly evolving and changing, all in the name of “progressive thinking”, though not all for the good. With a new “social norm” appearing every few years or so, it comes as a surprise that it
No one lives with a specific gender until the age of three. That’s when most children begin to explore their surroundings and learn to categorize themselves as boys or girls. Moreover, the difference in strength between male and female turns into the foundation of gender stereotype. Generation by generation, we inherit this socially constructed rules that society puts on us. With a background like our society, Lois Gould----the author of “The Story of X” examines how individuals would blindly follow the mainstream under the impact of society and how they might force people to confront due to the faith in common values.
It wasn’t until I began to pay more attention to media that I noticed that society seemed to have a lot of expectations on what you should like, and wear, and do based on things like your gender or race or about a million other things. Only… I wasn’t really following very many of those rules. The television told me that I definitely shouldn’t know the names of different tools, and that it was okay for me to be interested in flowers, but it should be my mom teaching me and not my dad.This was somewhat confusing to a young child, but after some time of not being culled by a great and terrifying force for daring to step outside my limits, I sort of just shrugged my shoulders and decided they probably weren’t really that important after all. Thanks to this blatant disregard setting in early on in my life, when I happened to fall in love with a heavily male dominated field I was a bit nervous, but not enough to hold me back from pursuing happiness. Unfortunately, many other people in this world don’t feel as free to ignore societal expectations as me. And besides pursuing personal happiness, this is something I hope to be able to
You see, I had never been explicitly exposed to the socially-propagated idea that women are emotionally unstable. When I found out, I felt rather embarrassed in not only being sexist, but in being so trite and un-profound in doing so. I am simply an observer of humanity, and although some people might suggest that I have internalized institutional misogyny, herein lies the purpose of my short essay.
My whole life has been fairly homogenous. Most people around me have families similar to mine, and diversity at my school always meant the two kids of color in every class. In theory, most people are accepting, but underneath the surface lies a deeply uncomfortable feeling towards anyone considered different. As I grew up, I realized why I felt so alienated from my community. My sexual orientation conflicted with the messages I had received my whole life. I felt so vastly different than everyone around me, it was as if I were a different species, slurs and ignorant comments greatly affected my self-worth.
Let me repeat that. She is completely helpless and her husband is in charge of her. Honestly, is there anything more sexist than that? Even worse, in her mind it means he loves her, “He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction” (Daley 114). He’s ‘taking care’ of her because she’s sick -- Postpartum depression. He treats her like she isn’t capable of anything because she’s battling something in her head. That doesn’t make her handicapped. That means she’s struggling with a very real, very serious mental illness and she needs genuine love and support, not being told what she can and cannot do at all times of the day. It even goes on to say that she believes John is right. She keeps saying ‘John says..’ throughout the story like she knows that he’s in charge. She doesn’t even fight
Throughout today’s society, almost every aspect of someone’s day is based whether or not he or she fits into the “norm” that has been created. Specifically, masculine and feminine norms have a great impact that force people to question “am I a true man or woman?” After doing substantial research on the basis of masculine or feminine norms, it is clear that society focuses on the males being the dominant figures. If males are not fulfilling the masculine role, and females aren’t playing their role, then their gender identity becomes foggy, according to their personal judgment, as well as society’s.
Even though there has been fluctuation in particular crime categories, overall crime in general has decreased in Australia in recent years (Dearden & Bricknell: 2008). It is due to this fluctuation in particular crimes that the media continues to play a role in misrepresenting crime rates, creating community fear and concerns regarding crime in this country (Kidd-Hewitt: 2002). The flow on effect is that it creates extra pressure on law enforcement agencies to try and bring crime under control. Law enforcement agencies turn to criminal investigators who are the ones that analyse crime information and provide guidance and advice to them. As with technology advancing, so is the face of crimes, with crimes becoming more sophisticated, organised and global (Laycock: 2008). With these advances in technology it creates more opportunities for offenders to commit crimes. It is the goal of criminal investigators to reduce or eliminate these opportunities and thus reducing crime. Just like offenders who take the opportunities to commit crime, criminal investigators take the opportunity to use and apply their new knowledge to their working practices. Research suggests that traditional policing methods (reactive, incident-driven approach) are ineffective. If traditional policing methods are ineffective, then investigators have to look for an alternative to effectively deal with crime without using excessive imprisonment. Whilst in the past criminal investigators have
When I first committed my gender norm violation, I did not realize what a response it would bring about from my friends, family and even strangers. I went into the hair salon with my best friend, Annie, only to get a trim but then without telling anyone else decided I wanted something entirely different and cut off 11 inches of my hair. When asking the woman who was doing my hair to do so, she looked at me slightly confused and worried. She asked me in a very concerned voice, “All of it? Are you sure? That’s a very big difference.” To which I responded, “Absolutely, I want a big change.” Her face was still slightly unsure about my decision but she proceeded to cut my hair anyways. After it was done I felt empowered. I could not believe I had finally done the pixie cut I had wanted to do for so long and finally felt the courage to do so. It looked amazing, I loved it and I felt on top of the world. It was the most amazing feeling, until I left the salon and other people’s negative opinions and looks immediately started to surround me and quickly impacted how I felt about the new change. The feeling of confidence quickly vanished from my mind, and all I could think about was, “Do I look ok?”
Growing up in a society where a person’s gender and ethnicity influences their life to a significant extent has had a great impact on me. Throughout my life, I have been faced with many obstacles such as the socially accepted lie that I am less worthy than a boy, I am weaker, and that my brain does not work as good as a boy’s. I have been told not to play sports because it is shameful for a girl to act like a boy. I have been told not to take part in any sort of activities outside of school because a girl is not supposed to stay outside the house for any reason other than school. Unlike my brother, I have been limited, and all these limitations caused by gender inequality have been the biggest obstacle for me.
My biological sex, gender expression, and gender identity neatly align, there is a level of correspondence as I engage with the surroundings around me. Like many forms of social privilege, that I have, this is a fundamental aspect of my life that I never completely thought about before. From the forms I fill out, the clothing stores I shop in, or identification papers I carry bring few, if any, second thoughts. Yet, for someone who doesn't identify as cisgender, each of these, and many more examples, is a constant reminder that they live in a culture that doesn't account for their own experience. Social privilege comes from an assumption that one's own perspective is universal; whether related to race, language, or gender privilege comes from
About a month ago I did not notice anything out of the ordinary in my everyday life on the subject of gender. Yes there have always been jokes about the women’s place being in the kitchen and men getting all sorts of privilege, but I never really thought too hard about it because it was never anything new. Once my attention was brought to this subject and I was told to delve deeper into the super weird societal gender norms, my eyes were opened to so many new and fairly disturbing occurrences. It was actually quite overwhelming. I did not know how to process everything and in a way my mind wanted to reject these happenings because it just seemed so sick and twisted, but I was accustomed to all of it and frankly, I did not want to be wrong or change my way of thinking. Fortunately, it was inevitable and I notice these bizarre gender labels and stereotypes everywhere I look from now on. Especially in my marriage.