In our society, we have many different expectations of people’s gender. From the way which we interact with each other to the activities we enjoy, there are many things which are assumed of people because of their gender.
I think of myself as being pretty stereotypically feminine. I don’t like sports, nor am I good at them. I love fashion, shopping, and makeup. I am horrified of spiders and other insects. I take great pride in how I look, which for me means that I am usually in dresses and glittery clothing items. Although, in some other ways, I am not super stereotypically feminine. I’m not a fan of children. I don’t particularly want to get married. I don’t know how to cook very well nor do I really want to, and I’m really outspoken and opinionated.
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For instance, I was talking on the phone with my grandma the other day, and I was telling her about how passionate I am about my education. My grandma’s response to that was basically, “Sure you are, honey. You’ll be nice and passionate about your education until you have a nice man to take care of you and then that will be your life.” Experiences like that make me really uncomfortable, because even if I did want to get married to a man, there’s no reason why I should give up my right to an education just because it’s assumed that I would be his new in-house maid and chef. In my opinion, there needs to be more acceptance when it comes to gender variance. Some people want to be househusbands or housewives, and they should feel free to do that, but we shouldn’t demean people just because they’d rather get an education and make a living. We shouldn’t try to force people into lives they don’t want, in terms of education, work, children, marriage, or even just in the way they express their gender
I think of myself as being pretty stereotypically feminine. I don’t like sports, nor am I good at them. I love fashion, shopping, and makeup. I am horrified of spiders and other insects. I take great pride in how I look, which for me means that I am usually in dresses and glittery clothing items. Although, in some other ways, I am not super stereotypically feminine. I’m not a fan of children. I don’t particularly want to get married. I don’t know how to cook very well nor do I really want to, and I’m really outspoken and opinionated.
From the time that I was really …show more content…
For instance, I was talking on the phone with my grandma the other day, and I was telling her about how passionate I am about my education. My grandma’s response to that was basically, “Sure you are, honey. You’ll be nice and passionate about your education until you have a nice man to take care of you and then that will be your life.” Experiences like that make me really uncomfortable, because even if I did want to get married to a man, there’s no reason why I should give up my right to an education just because it’s assumed that I would be his new in-house maid and chef. In my opinion, there needs to be more acceptance when it comes to gender variance. Some people want to be househusbands or housewives, and they should feel free to do that, but we shouldn’t demean people just because they’d rather get an education and make a living. We shouldn’t try to force people into lives they don’t want, in terms of education, work, children, marriage, or even just in the way they express their gender