We are born into this world without any prior knowledge of who we are. We grow up around the surroundings our parents or guardians choose to put us in, and it is then, all the assigned aspects of who we are and what we are supposed to be are established. From gender, sex, to religion and race; the possibilities are endless. These assigned attributes of what our identity is assumed to be can take a hindering toll on an individual. Within the meaning of identity, one is categorizing themselves to a specific group which can cause a biased opinion of another because of the assigned identity. As humans, we tend to label one another based on how we look, dress, and act. But, within these overlapping categories of identity, the generalization of how
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As written in, “Speaking While Female” the authors begin to discuss how Glen Mazzara producer of a television show noticed two of the females who were not interactive during the story meetings. He had pulled them aside and encouraged them to speak up, but then responded, “Watch what happens when we do.” (366) From there Mazzara had seen the horror of the two women being interrupted within mid-sentence while a male shot down their creative ideas, pitching their own. As the short essay continues, it states, “Male executives who spoke more often than their peers were rewarded 10 percent higher ratings of competence… while both men and women punished the females with 14 percent lower ratings of competence.” (367) Further research had shown even in health occupations, the gender role takes place; women do not have a voice and are pushed down, while the men did. While the men vouched ideas, it had brought amazing revenue which allowed them to receive high evaluations, whilst the women who pitched the same exact idea did not receive the same gratitude as the men. Similarly, within gender roles in the Bengali society, female voices are looked down upon when they speak up. When conjoined with another aspect of identity such as religion, we find that on top of being female, Muslim females face more complex
As written in, “Speaking While Female” the authors begin to discuss how Glen Mazzara producer of a television show noticed two of the females who were not interactive during the story meetings. He had pulled them aside and encouraged them to speak up, but then responded, “Watch what happens when we do.” (366) From there Mazzara had seen the horror of the two women being interrupted within mid-sentence while a male shot down their creative ideas, pitching their own. As the short essay continues, it states, “Male executives who spoke more often than their peers were rewarded 10 percent higher ratings of competence… while both men and women punished the females with 14 percent lower ratings of competence.” (367) Further research had shown even in health occupations, the gender role takes place; women do not have a voice and are pushed down, while the men did. While the men vouched ideas, it had brought amazing revenue which allowed them to receive high evaluations, whilst the women who pitched the same exact idea did not receive the same gratitude as the men. Similarly, within gender roles in the Bengali society, female voices are looked down upon when they speak up. When conjoined with another aspect of identity such as religion, we find that on top of being female, Muslim females face more complex