As society is getting further and further along; everything is starting to change. New roles are devolving and people are different thus families and how they are structured are different. A huge issue hitting countries everywhere, but especially the United States, are issues relating to gender recognition and roles of gender, and how that plays into family structure. It is an underlying problem that very few are will to address with vigor. In most cases it is ignored and pushed under the rug because it goes against social norms and values. Gender and its identity are very complex, and have caused many issues for almost everyone. Gender roles and identity is a huge problem American families face; gender identity and sexuality doesn’t really
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For women the idea is to be complacent and let a man rule, and make choice and decision for her; the modern problem for this today relates to women having the right to their own bodies and having control over their own decision (Malacrida & Boulton, 2014). Dealing with women’s aggression, it isn’t as dealt with women; in the book Odd Girl Out, it is stated “Girls use backbiting, exclusion, rumors, name-calling, and manipulation to inflict psychological pain on targeted victims” (Simmons, 2002, p. 3). This shows that women play a quiet role even in things such as being aggressive. Women were and are expected to keep quiet, and it is no ingrained into society that women who do speak out and are loud are considered “a bitch” or just plain loud and annoying.
Other groups that one should look at, are those who don’t identify with that of their assigned gender. These people include transgender, agender, bigender, gender nonconforming, and many others. According to Del Vale, gender in a way is a social construct to keep people stuck into a role to fulfill societies need (1993, p. 19-20). These ideas are what promote behaviors and cultural norms and thus the idea of “gender”. This plays a role families because those who don’t have conventional identity of often left out and forgotten when talking about care in …show more content…
Female passivity and male dominance are causing harm to many people and especially students; these ideas are promoting a culture in which men take advantage of women and do harm to them both physically and mentally (Benagiano, Carrara, & Filippi, 2012). Other genders lack recognition and validity and because of that they aren’t getting treated as they should be. Ways to stop this huge concern is first of all education. Until many see this as a problem, they will not act. One group that specifically needs to be educated are men. According to Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, “Welch men discussed hooking up as a ‘man 's game,’ embodied by the ruthless, self-interested girl chasing of the fraternity men – part real…” (Sweeny, 2014). By this he means that many men are in some way hunting women and often this can be unintentional due to society’s standards or a personal choice. The issue to needs to be brought to attention and from there, society can move forward and not prevent these ideals from being spread, and taught so rather a more tolerant approach can be
For women the idea is to be complacent and let a man rule, and make choice and decision for her; the modern problem for this today relates to women having the right to their own bodies and having control over their own decision (Malacrida & Boulton, 2014). Dealing with women’s aggression, it isn’t as dealt with women; in the book Odd Girl Out, it is stated “Girls use backbiting, exclusion, rumors, name-calling, and manipulation to inflict psychological pain on targeted victims” (Simmons, 2002, p. 3). This shows that women play a quiet role even in things such as being aggressive. Women were and are expected to keep quiet, and it is no ingrained into society that women who do speak out and are loud are considered “a bitch” or just plain loud and annoying.
Other groups that one should look at, are those who don’t identify with that of their assigned gender. These people include transgender, agender, bigender, gender nonconforming, and many others. According to Del Vale, gender in a way is a social construct to keep people stuck into a role to fulfill societies need (1993, p. 19-20). These ideas are what promote behaviors and cultural norms and thus the idea of “gender”. This plays a role families because those who don’t have conventional identity of often left out and forgotten when talking about care in …show more content…
Female passivity and male dominance are causing harm to many people and especially students; these ideas are promoting a culture in which men take advantage of women and do harm to them both physically and mentally (Benagiano, Carrara, & Filippi, 2012). Other genders lack recognition and validity and because of that they aren’t getting treated as they should be. Ways to stop this huge concern is first of all education. Until many see this as a problem, they will not act. One group that specifically needs to be educated are men. According to Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, “Welch men discussed hooking up as a ‘man 's game,’ embodied by the ruthless, self-interested girl chasing of the fraternity men – part real…” (Sweeny, 2014). By this he means that many men are in some way hunting women and often this can be unintentional due to society’s standards or a personal choice. The issue to needs to be brought to attention and from there, society can move forward and not prevent these ideals from being spread, and taught so rather a more tolerant approach can be