Society feels that girls shouldn’t do and or participate in the “troublesome” things that boys do. Some of these “troublesome” activities include fighting, being messy, being loud, and many more. These simple things are deemed to be “unlady like” by society. They feel that a female should be like the cliche, to be seen and not heard. Females shouldn’t be fighting or loud or messy because that isn’t what a lady does. But when boys do these things it’s always “they’re just being boys” or “ that’s just what boys do”.These activities are what society associates with boys. Society feels that these behaviors are acceptable behaviors for boys because of the simple fact that, that is how society pictures a typical boy. For example, when Annie and the boys were throwing snowballs at the cars, I automatically assumed that …show more content…
When society pictures a girl, they picture her as classy, wearing pink, and being seen and not heard. They also expected her to stay away from “boyish” or troublesome activities. Lastly, society treats her unequal to men both career wise and in discipline. All these factors add up to show how differently women are treated in today’s and yesterday’s