Gender Norm In Society

It is sad to see how society has created specific norms that men and women are supposed to follow. According to society, in order for a woman to be accepted and valued she must follow what she is told to do. Every woman is pressured by society to follow certain rules in order to not be discriminated by others. Women follow rules in order to fit into society and to make other people happy, even though they may not agree with what they are told to do. For instance, I have noticed that every time I go out to parties or nightclubs, I always expect men to invite me for a drink or to dance. I always expect men to ask me out to dance or for a drink because I learned from a young age that a young lady never initiates any of those things. Women are not allowed to invite men for a drink or to dance because that would look unlady-like. Therefore, I decided to break the rules and do something out of the ordinary. I decided that this time instead of waiting for a guy to invite me to dance or for a drink I was going to do it.
On October 31, 2015 my friends and I decided to go to a family wedding. As soon as we arrived to the wedding guys started to ask us out to dance, but I refused to dance with them because this time I …show more content…
I was afraid of being judged by others and most importantly I was afraid of the guy thinking that I was weird. Since, a women asking a men out to dance or for a drink is not a common thing I was embarrassed to actually do it. I think that society has created this norm as something bad because they do not want to allow women to have any power under no circumstances, therefore, if society had not created this norm I would never felt embarrassed or ashamed to ask a guy out. Society is able to control my socialization as a woman because I am always afraid to break the rules in order to not be judge and be accepted by