There remains no doubt that gender plays a role in the way that we live our lives in society today. Gender may play a role in determining how an individual decides to think, speak, dress, or interact within his or her own society. Both genders play a role within the society, whether it remains men taking over the construction business careers or women taking over the elementary teaching careers. Gender roles, unfortunately, remain very apparent in today’s society. At one point in our lives, we have all encountered a stereotype. Stereotypes exist throughout everywhere in the world; however, genders also play a huge role in the society of stereotypes and the way the people get perceived in our daily lives. First, in the article, “About Men,”
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Next, in the article, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just Met a Girl Named Maria,” Judith Ortiz Cofer, a poet, novelist, and essayist, wrote, “As a Puerto Rican girl growing up in the United States and wanting like most children to “belong,” I resented the stereotype that my Hispanic appearance called forth from many people I met.” Cofer had to experience extreme stereotypes as a child and she does not have a good view on them. Cofer experienced racial stereotypes, as well as gender stereotypes. Also, in the article, “Mind over Muscle,” David Brooks, an American author and conservative political commentator who writes for The New York Times, wrote, “Men possessed most of the tools one needed for power and success: muscles, connections, control of the crucial social institutions.” Brooks talks about how women are starting to take over the world because they remain better students than men. He talks as if he knows that women remain more
Next, in the article, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just Met a Girl Named Maria,” Judith Ortiz Cofer, a poet, novelist, and essayist, wrote, “As a Puerto Rican girl growing up in the United States and wanting like most children to “belong,” I resented the stereotype that my Hispanic appearance called forth from many people I met.” Cofer had to experience extreme stereotypes as a child and she does not have a good view on them. Cofer experienced racial stereotypes, as well as gender stereotypes. Also, in the article, “Mind over Muscle,” David Brooks, an American author and conservative political commentator who writes for The New York Times, wrote, “Men possessed most of the tools one needed for power and success: muscles, connections, control of the crucial social institutions.” Brooks talks about how women are starting to take over the world because they remain better students than men. He talks as if he knows that women remain more