A Positive Aspect Of Being A Female Essay

For me, the positive aspect of being a female is that I can conceive and deliver children. Obviously, men cannot conceive or deliver a child. This may seem like a negative aspect of being a female to some, but I believe it is a positive aspect. To me, it is an amazing opportunity to be able to create a new life. Being a female also allows me more social acceptance into a helping profession compared to males. Females are seen as nurtures by nature so helping others is something that should come natural. While males are not seen this way and are not as socially accepted into helping professions, such as social work or nursing. Being Caucasian is probably one of the most positive aspects in my opinion. Unfortunately, our society still puts people into categories …show more content…
Thinking about their differences usually will bring up negative or positive thoughts and feelings depending on how the person would be seen in society. Before studying social work and learning more about cultural competence, I would have taken those thoughts and feelings and just continued on my way. Now that I know better, I think of why those thoughts and feelings are being conjured up and how I can fight them back. I am usually able to eliminate any negative or stereotypical thoughts or feelings because of a person’s differences. I always tell myself that just because a person appears to be different than myself, does not mean that I will have nothing I can relate to when interacting with them. If for some reason we were complete opposites, I always tell myself that the world would be completely boring if everyone was not different. Stereotypes and negative images were created by those who thought they were superior or better than others, personally, I do not believe that one person is better than the other because of what some consider to be unfavorable