HD115: Breaking a social norm
The norm I intend to violate is catcalling. To break this norm I planned to go to Dublin city centre with two of my friends whom are both also female. This norm normally entails males whistling, shouting or giving off derogatory attitudes towards women and their appearance. Quite often it is sexual and makes women feel uncomfortable and ignoble. On numerous occasions this happens when there is alcohol involved or often when boys are driving in cars with windows down making women feel belittled. The social norm I intend to violate is a gender specific norm, this is the sociological concept in which I want to study in my assignment. It serves no purpose to anyone’s life, men may feel slightly empowered. It has no function but yet occurs to most women at some point of their lives.
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I felt embarrassed and as though what I was doing was wrong. I think I felt uncomfortable due to previous experience where I have felt objectified by catcallers. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone as I wanted to see the results and for them to be accurate. The experiment highlighted the discrimination of women. I feel as though if the roles were reversed catcalling would not be considered “normal”. Our nation in more recent times has become progressive and gender treatment has been made much more aware of which makes me proud and hopeful that someday this will become a thing of the past. People did react in the way I expected as I knew from experience what it felt like to be put in this position. Men and women may be different but we are all humans with emotions hence why I was not surprised at the reactions I received. I didn’t encounter any difficulties bar getting past my own barriers of being embarrassed to complete this task. I learned it is a norm that as a society we could abolish and it will not be missed. I am confident we have a bright future where this will not
The norm I intend to violate is catcalling. To break this norm I planned to go to Dublin city centre with two of my friends whom are both also female. This norm normally entails males whistling, shouting or giving off derogatory attitudes towards women and their appearance. Quite often it is sexual and makes women feel uncomfortable and ignoble. On numerous occasions this happens when there is alcohol involved or often when boys are driving in cars with windows down making women feel belittled. The social norm I intend to violate is a gender specific norm, this is the sociological concept in which I want to study in my assignment. It serves no purpose to anyone’s life, men may feel slightly empowered. It has no function but yet occurs to most women at some point of their lives.
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I felt embarrassed and as though what I was doing was wrong. I think I felt uncomfortable due to previous experience where I have felt objectified by catcallers. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone as I wanted to see the results and for them to be accurate. The experiment highlighted the discrimination of women. I feel as though if the roles were reversed catcalling would not be considered “normal”. Our nation in more recent times has become progressive and gender treatment has been made much more aware of which makes me proud and hopeful that someday this will become a thing of the past. People did react in the way I expected as I knew from experience what it felt like to be put in this position. Men and women may be different but we are all humans with emotions hence why I was not surprised at the reactions I received. I didn’t encounter any difficulties bar getting past my own barriers of being embarrassed to complete this task. I learned it is a norm that as a society we could abolish and it will not be missed. I am confident we have a bright future where this will not