Last week I watch a movie called “The Cure” with one of my good male friends, James. This movie has a relatively sad setting, I cried at the end of the movie. My friend however cried around four times. I was a little blown away with the amount of emotion James showed. I wasn’t expecting it from him because he was a guy. I realized I was implying that crying was a feminine act. I think it is more socially acceptable for a female to cry because crying is stereotyped as a feminine act. Considering that James, a male, was in tears several times throughout the movie, and I, a female, barley cried counteracts this stereotype. James and I defied the gender stereotype that females are more emotional than males.
Another Gender stereotype that I encountered
Another Gender stereotype that I encountered