Being a Woman
As Eckert and McConnell-Ginet say, “Being a girl or being a boy is not a stable state but an ongoing accomplishment, something that is actively done both by the individual…and by those…in the various communities to which it belongs” Through the years and since I was a little girl, I have noticed how society shape you in a certain direction with specific ideas and values. Genetically born as a woman, I have always felt as one because my family have taught me how a woman ought to behave showing me not only through words, but also through actions. Even though I have adapted a subtle masculine behavior since I was a little girl due to my close relationship with male friends and cousins, my feminine traits have always stand out.
It is inevitable to admit that society plays a big role on how traits and behavior in a person can be easily influence or taught. In his essay …show more content…
As Slaughter mentioned in her essay, “Why Women Can’t Have It All,” she faced the disapproval and disappointment of her family and close friends when she decided to step down from her government job. Slaughter felt the injustice of gender inequality when she had to sacrifice more things than man simply because she was a woman. Being a young-adult, I experienced a similar situation when I was trying to enter the music industry because my friends thought that I was not going to have a future as a singer if I did not involve with a producer or someone in the music industry. Consequently, I showed them wrong when I decided to work hard and record my own albums in order to prove that I could be successfully on my own; fortunately, time proved me right. Society portraits a list of behaviors and traits that a woman ought to follow if they want to be considered woman; nonetheless, women are the only ones that can, through their own unique traits, show proof of their
As Eckert and McConnell-Ginet say, “Being a girl or being a boy is not a stable state but an ongoing accomplishment, something that is actively done both by the individual…and by those…in the various communities to which it belongs” Through the years and since I was a little girl, I have noticed how society shape you in a certain direction with specific ideas and values. Genetically born as a woman, I have always felt as one because my family have taught me how a woman ought to behave showing me not only through words, but also through actions. Even though I have adapted a subtle masculine behavior since I was a little girl due to my close relationship with male friends and cousins, my feminine traits have always stand out.
It is inevitable to admit that society plays a big role on how traits and behavior in a person can be easily influence or taught. In his essay …show more content…
As Slaughter mentioned in her essay, “Why Women Can’t Have It All,” she faced the disapproval and disappointment of her family and close friends when she decided to step down from her government job. Slaughter felt the injustice of gender inequality when she had to sacrifice more things than man simply because she was a woman. Being a young-adult, I experienced a similar situation when I was trying to enter the music industry because my friends thought that I was not going to have a future as a singer if I did not involve with a producer or someone in the music industry. Consequently, I showed them wrong when I decided to work hard and record my own albums in order to prove that I could be successfully on my own; fortunately, time proved me right. Society portraits a list of behaviors and traits that a woman ought to follow if they want to be considered woman; nonetheless, women are the only ones that can, through their own unique traits, show proof of their