Gender Stereotypes In A Kid's Summer Camp

There are gender stereotypes everywhere you go. However, I never thought that it would happen in a kid’s summer camp. First instance, I tried to help a group of men carrying heavy boxes to the cafeteria’s storage room and one of the man who saw me carrying a box told me that I did not need to help and that I should go to supervise the kids. I believe that man has been influenced by the innate society idea of gender stereotyping and as such, men do the hard jobs for example carrying the heavy boxes. This man has learned that boys are tough and girls are weak either at his home while he was growing up or at school when elementary students are told about the girls and boy traditional roles. Instead of allowing me to help, the man saw me as a girl who should not be lifting boxes, but watching the kids. …show more content…
The female supervisors and the girls at the camp identified themselves with the traditional role of women setting up the dining table. These female supervisors and girls have learned either at home or at school of the women’s traditional role of cleaning the dining tables. You never see a boy or a man setting up the dining table or better yet cleaning the dining table after eating. For this reason, women should share house chores with husband and children to teach children about equality between boys and girls. Because of this experience, I understand that women not only men have been influenced by the innate society ideas of women in traditional