Tradition And Grievances In The 1920's

Some believe parents need to be more accepting of what gender their child chooses to be. In Linda DiProperzio’s article, she quoted an associate professor of Women 's Studies at the University of California named Jane Ward, who stated, “Raising a child under these strict gender guidelines is denying them an entire world of colors--they become tracked into the characteristics of their biological sex.” (Par. 7) Moreover, it is stated that limiting the views of a child can, and will, drastically change them and their future self. Not allowing children to be creative in what they choose limits their mindset. It is even worse that these narrow-minded ideas are thought up and enforced by the

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

This book explores the reader to rethink their opinions on social and physical normality. The title suggests that normality shouldn’t be defined so critically and that those of diversity and marginalization should be included. In this instance, the focus is upon the normalcy of those who are transgender. “One image of us that went viral showed us standing in our bathing suits with the caption: ”Does this couple look normal? Because they are.” The intention of the caption may have been good, but what did it even mean by normal? That we passed as cisgender? Were heterosexual?? White? Able-bodied? Attractive? If one of us hadn’t been any of those things, would they still have called us normal?” pg

The 1920’s was a great and important decade for the United States. After World War I, the United States went through events and changes that, overall, made the United States a much better place to live. New advances in technology and industry improved American life in more ways than just one. Americans had better wages during this time, more leisure time, and overall, had a better life than ever before. In addition, the 1920’s advocated social and cultural change as well. During this time period, the United States did not return to Normalcy, and instead developed attitudes that changed the life of the people of the United States forever thanks to social changes, cultural changes and changes in technology.

Renowned op-ed writer Claire Cain Miller in one of her articles, "Boys and Girls, Constrained by Toys and Costumes" brings our attention to the distinction between boys and girls for choices, this difference leads to the long-term notion of gender roles in the minds of the children. Claire's article is trying to sensitize the general public against gender difference. She tries to be sentimental by pointing out that the gender war started long before we were born, thus having the presence of a gaunt definition of what is for girls and what is for boys.

I think Porter should inform the president and work together to resolve the issues within the Slade Plating Department. They need to ensure equity among the employees, good morale and ethics, employee satisfaction, and the unification of the company. I would advise Porter to have the supervisor, Otto Schell stay later to make sure that dishonesty is not present. Not only would he help establish equity within the company, in which everyone is paid for the hours worked, but he would also be able to watch his brother Herman, and make sure he is not slacking off. However, if Otto is too busy, then I would suggest Porter to assign Sarto the job to stay and punch everyone’s cards. Because Sarto is known for his leadership skills and is highly respected,

Just as time passes by, the world has progressed in extraordinary ways through disobedience. It may seem as a bad action, but when there is inequality or immoral regulations that put certain people in danger one action is necessary, disobedience. Would our Nation be in its current state if it weren’t for our forefathers who obtain independence from Britain, woman who fought for the right to vote, and individuals like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi who defied the authority in order to obtain change for freedom and equality?

The motto of the United States of America is "E Pluribus Unum" meaning ‘Out of one, many'. It neatly recognises that although America may be a single nation, it is also one originally made up of immigrants who arrived not only from Europe and Asia, but forcibly as slaves from Africa and of Native Americans. It's population is the most racially and culturally diverse in the world and for that reason is often referred to as a "Melting Pot".

The 1920’s was a decade that was different from all the others. People and companies moved away from large cities to smaller towns because of the automobile. The economy was booming and American’s bought things like crazy. There was an increase in productivity because of electricity and things like cars, radios, phones, and washing machines were introduced. Movies became the most popular pastime during this decade. Prohibition did not work in this decade and crime went unnoticed. This decade showed a mass amount of political and social change which caused it to be much different than any other.

Beginning with Burts' piece On Growing up between Genders, I felt very saddened by the immediate wanting of approval they seemed to crave so desperately from the world. This feeling of so badly wanting to be accepted by others is something very familiar to myself, and a topic that is so current in our world today, as I can speak for

Society has exaggerated that the way a man or woman acts is the way they have to be or else they are not normal. The general stereotypes for women include “they don’t play sports, supposed to cook and do housework, not as strong as men.” The general stereotypes for men include “work in the science and engineering field, must be obeyed because they are always in charge, always on top.” In the short story “X” by Lois Gould, the author shows us that gender is not so important when a child chooses to express him/herself in whichever way they want to. Although society wants an individual to act a specific way, it shouldn’t define their way of life, whatever makes the individual happy they should continue to do it without having others judging them.

From the beginning of life, we are coached to believe that by being a female, there are certain rules we must follow. As infants it begins with the color of our clothing, pinks for girls. We are pretty in pink and as we grow we are given toys that reinforce how we develop. From kitchen sets to baby dolls, we are shaped into society’s view of womanhood.

Did you know that kids every year are sent home from school because they were wearing “the wrong type of clothing,” for example a boy wearing pink boots or a girl wearing a football jersey? You could be curious why, or just concerned about how stupid this sounds. This is an example of gender roles and how they need to be loosened to protect our freedom of expression and our choice of how we lead our lives. The gender roles that are considered normal today could be represented as two parallel pink and blue lines, not ever coming together to form a different color. The purpose of this paper is about how gender roles have been enforced throughout time, but this enforcement has begun to become unhealthy for men and women of all ages. I

Throughout my life I had never stopped to think about sex and gender. Until seventh grade, when my social science teacher asked me, “What is your favorite color?” As I gave my answer, “Blue!” the room filled with a moment of silence that you could even hear a pin drop. As I looked around, the faces and eyes of every student in my classroom were pointing at me with an angry and guilty look. I always thought that there were only two categories that a human being can belong to, male or female. But, I never thought that there were certain things that a girl is allowed to like in society. When we are little we are taught certain things like, “Pink is for girls, and blue is for boys.” Have you noticed that when a woman is pregnant the first question asked is, boy or a girl? One of the many reasons why this question is asked it’s for the family members or friends to know whether to buy pink or blue

Just as there are exceptions to every argument, there are exceptions to children that grow up adhering to the traditional gender roles. As we enter a new era where difference and non-conformity are becoming more accepted, the idea of raising gender-neutral children is becoming prevalent among young families. In an article from the New York Times titled “Boys Will Be Boys? Not in These Families”, Jan Hoffman interviews families with children that defy the gender norms. One of the most striking stories comes from a mom who started a blog about her “slightly effeminate, possibly gay, totally fabulous son” after he wanted to be Snow White for Halloween. The blogging mom—who simply goes by C.J.’s Mom—says she is supportive of her son’s gender exploration because “I needed to take steps to change his world to try to protect him, without denying him who he was created to be.” This mom is just one of many parents that are letting their kids lead the way when it comes to defining gender roles. Another mother who supports her daughter’s decision of wanting to be called a handsome prince and allowed her to have her head shaved into a Mohawk says her choice to embrace gender neutrality in their home stemmed from the fact that “I don’t want my child to wait till she’s 43 to say, ‘Hi, here is who I really am,’… I don’t want her to hide her true self from