People tend to create labels for certain groups; such as religion, culture, race, gender, and appearance. The exposure to overly simplistic and incomplete comments can create an unbreakable boundary between communities. This is known as stereotypes. Moreover, gender stereotypes have been around since the beginning of time, and are still very relevant today. We live in a society where we assume that every ethnicity and culture are categorized to male and female roles, who have to live up to the societal standards in order to feel accepted and loved.
Naheed Mustafa’s essay, “My Body Is My Own Business”, published on July 29 of 1993 on the Globe and Mail, is an inspiring essay that makes her audience reflect upon the stereotypical remarks they have made towards a certain religion and gender. Through …show more content…
She speaks in the voice of a woman, who believes that the male population is to blame for stripping away a woman’s right to have full authority over her body. In several points in the essay, she criticizes men for creating “impossible male standards of beauty” (Mustafa, paragraph 14) for women to follow in order to achieve equality and respect. Contrarily, it’s the society that set up media outlets that influence women to abide to these standards. Mustafa also neglects the fact that men face the same pressures as women in regards to the subject of appearance. According to a study, published by Alison E. Field, this year about 18% of adolescent boys worry about their bodies and weight. Among those boys, half of them want to gain more muscle, while a third of them want to gain muscle and lose weight. (Adams). Consequently, it isn’t fair that Mustafa accuse men for creating beauty standards for women to abide to because gender stereotypes apply to both genders
Naheed Mustafa’s essay, “My Body Is My Own Business”, published on July 29 of 1993 on the Globe and Mail, is an inspiring essay that makes her audience reflect upon the stereotypical remarks they have made towards a certain religion and gender. Through …show more content…
She speaks in the voice of a woman, who believes that the male population is to blame for stripping away a woman’s right to have full authority over her body. In several points in the essay, she criticizes men for creating “impossible male standards of beauty” (Mustafa, paragraph 14) for women to follow in order to achieve equality and respect. Contrarily, it’s the society that set up media outlets that influence women to abide to these standards. Mustafa also neglects the fact that men face the same pressures as women in regards to the subject of appearance. According to a study, published by Alison E. Field, this year about 18% of adolescent boys worry about their bodies and weight. Among those boys, half of them want to gain more muscle, while a third of them want to gain muscle and lose weight. (Adams). Consequently, it isn’t fair that Mustafa accuse men for creating beauty standards for women to abide to because gender stereotypes apply to both genders