Chimamanda Adichie

"Don't be a girl!" or "Do it like a man!" You might hear this kind of saying from people while you are growing up. What does "be a girl" or "like a man" exactly mean? Today, we are living in the world where gender comes before your own characteristics. A gender role is a set of the types of behaviors which are considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their gender. Gender role begins from early childhood, and keeps developing through the process of growth. There are two main causes of developing a gender role "Biological" and "Environmental.” Hormones are a good example of the Biological cause. Parents, Media, Peers, and Siblings are examples of Environmental causes. Gender role is judging people by their gender, this can lead to discrimination. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the author of “We should all be feminist” covers this situation and how we can change our behavior to better way in her book.
The author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is African women studied United States from Nigeria. While she was earning bachelor degrees in United States she had been writing articles for the university journal. In addition to this, she wrote her first novel, Purple Hibiscus which brought critical acclaims to Chimamanda. After Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda introduce two more novels to the world and her own country …show more content…
As the author, Chimamanda was originally from Nigeria where people have no idea or bad stereo type about feminism and studied in United States where people think people should be treated equally nevertheless of their gender, she could notice the gender discriminations in their daily life. Chimamanda interpreted the discriminations she got through very funny and we supported her thesis well by telling us why this happening is limited to