Neil Caiman's Short Story Why Do Girls Wear Makeup

As we all know gender has a big role in our society. There’s a whole lot of problem when it comes down to gender, and it’s because most people in the world are not building this identity for their self but more as an social identity of how they expect to be perceived as. In a world where every individuals comes with their own conclusion it creates a lot of conflict between each other. Mostly because in a species that thrives on upgrading communities through our similarities. When we finally reach level of civilization stabilized in unbelievable or cruel world as a species. The concept of gender has really empowered social institutions and individuals with power the ability to restrict individuals behaviors based on a mental concept of one’s self or how others “should be.” For example with short story “How to talk to girls a parties” it shows the meaning of how male are attractive to the different gender.
Based on Neil Caiman short story, I came to the conclusion that he story is based on gender and how …show more content…
It is used as part of religious or cultural rituals, or to align yourself with a subculture. It can mask your insecurities or be used to enhance the bits you love the most.” (Ln 10.) This is another reason to why gender is so important I society because you might think that person is girl but comes to the point of it, that person could have been a guy just because he wear makeup. I have no problems with females who wear or don’t wear makeup. But based on this short story I could say that Enn was anxious about the female’s faces and the way they were acting. Enn said “There were black worry beads wrapped around her wrist, and she fiddled with them as she spoke” describing one the girls that he was having the conversation