Gender Differences And Gender Analysis

Starting from the time a baby is born, he or she hears a series of different compliments. Infant boys often hear “What a strong guy” or “Look how smart you are!”. Girls often hear “What a gorgeous girl!” or “All the boys are going to chase after her!”. The boys compliments tend to focus on active qualities while the girls compliments focus on appearance or passive qualities. Even at an infantile age, society has expectations on what it means to be masculine or feminine. Further, people grow up and enact these behavioral qualities according to how they identify. The term“doing gender” is defined as an individual adjusting their behavior in order to fulfill society’s expectations (Lorber). In order to fully understand this concept further, I looked at the specific behavioral gender differences that take place in a gym. The gym shows the societal beliefs of what male and female should be and encourages false gender differences which promote a limited workout experience for women. …show more content…
When first entering the center, there are many features that stand out. The two floors have numerous distinctions. The bottom floor is for the weight equipment which includes bench presses, weight machines, and free free weights. The top floor includes a few weight machines, but mostly cardio equipment including treadmills, ellipticals, and stair climbers. There is a clear gender divide between these two floors as well, where males flock to the lower levels and females are on the upper. Along with separate equipment and genders, there are several differences between these