Doing Gender Perspective Analysis

The doing gender perspective was a term the was created by West and Zimmerman and first wrote about in their 1987 article “Doing Gender”. In the article, they tell of how the doing gender perspective is categorized by distinct psychological and behavioral properties that can be predicted from the reproductive functions. In this theory, the gender differences between men and women are thought to come from the gender expectations for the different beliefs and behaviors associated with each gender. It is thought that things are the way they are because society has viewed men as men and women as women. An example of the doing gender perspective is “gender roles”. Within professions, people have categorized nurses to be a woman's profession and doctors to be thought of as man’s professions. When the opposite gender is in the professions titles like “male nurse” and “female doctor” are used to …show more content…
In situations with women they now must be cautious of things that could become inappropriate and with men they would have to interpret their gestures and know when and who it was deemed appropriate to use them with. Another challenge would be in the bathrooms. As women, they had been familiar with private stalls and isolated areas. In men's bathroom, privacy was reduced to the open space for urinals and smaller numbers of stalls.
As for their work experience two thirds of the transmen had benefited from the maleness. They would have an increase in workplace authority, recognized competence, and they would be rewarded for hard work. Their comments would become more valued and people want their feedback. Some men would not be hired as a woman but after being viewed as a man, they would get the position. As men, they were more likely to getting rewarded in their career and unwanted sexual advances and comments were stopped. Many of the transmen interviewed received a salary