Washed By Gender Roles

Brain Washed by Gender Roles
Our lives are controlled by a subconscious rule of gender; “you’re a girl so you like pink”, “boys cant play with dolls, those are for girls”, “men don’t cry”, and my personal favorite “pussy”, the greatest insult to men, because it means your afraid or weak like a woman. These laws have been a part of life since the beginning of humans. Gender has been engrained into your mind since you exited the womb and were wrapped in a little pink or blue blanket. It’s hard to see the issue until you take a step back and ask why do colors have a gender? The world is changing though; young generations are defying the rules and are starting to step into a greater plain of existence that isn’t characterized by pinks and blues. …show more content…
Women were also celebrated in hunter-gatherer societies; Hunters were not always certain to bring home an animal, therefor most of the food they ate were collected by women. It wasn’t till the beginning of agriculture that women started playing a “lower role”. Men began farming and while they were working all day it became the role of the woman to stay home and take care of their husbands, houses, and children. Thus the age of man begun, women became property as time progressed, men could learn to read and write, they could hold high positions in their communities, and all “gods” became male. Fast-forward to the era of Christianity and you get the number one reason gender roles are so wildly accepted, the Bible. In the Bible there are multiple versus on the “ideal” family. “A man should love his wife as Christ loved the church”, he should lead his family spiritually while also providing for them. It is a woman’s job to be submissive to her husband and be a “helper” to him, while also raising children. When Christianity became widespread, this became a natural way of thinking. “Is a man as capable as explaining feminine hygiene to a young female? Is a woman as capable as a man physically? The strongest woman is not as strong as the strongest male, same for speed. We are built differently,” said a Christian man to me once while trying to support his argument of the “ideal” …show more content…
Boys are automatically blues and greens, their rough and wild, they are born to love sports and bugs, and they always find a way to make a mess. Girls are pinks and yellows, they are sweet with their dolls and they love princesses, they are conditioned to be thin and beautiful, and to aspire to being a good mom and wife. But why are little girls kept out of the mud and why are boys scolded for wanting a kitchen play set for Christmas? A good point I noticed online the other day is when people go to McDonalds with their kids they will ask for a “boy toy” or a “girl toy” according to their child’s gender, but what if your little girl actually wanted the truck toy instead of the cheap Polly pocket. The store Target has actually addressed this situation by taking away the separation of boy and girl toy aisles, now if you walk past that section the sign only says “toys”. Target did this to encourage kids to get the toys they want and not the toys their expected to buy. To my amazement this actually upset quite a few people, including my grandmother; “now I wont be able to find any toys for my grandchildren” she claimed, and then I explained that the aisles would still have sign for what’s on