What’s so Wrong with a Boy In a Dress?
Welcome to your life – is it pink or blue? So what did you choose? Unfortunately, in this world, you can’t choose what gender you are or even what gender you identify with. All over the world people are shunned, kicked out and attacked for not meeting society’s expectations for their gender. Males are often told they need to be manly, strong, put the bread on the table and that basically they need to have a lot sex. Women have to be pretty, cover up imperfections, have sex only in long-term relationships and raise children. Unknown to most people all these stereotypes have negative effects on both genders in many aspects and periods of their lives, although thankfully attitudes to stereotypes are changing. …show more content…
Blue was traditionally used for boys; girls can wear it too but it’s practically unheard of for a parent to dress their boy in a pink outfit. Parents of baby boys seem to fear the colour pink for some of the oddest reasons: he’ll grow up gay; be seen as a girl; be bullied by his peers. But where’s the proof?
Many people’s personal stories show that children are much less judgemental than adults; take the example of Bennett, the …show more content…
TV programs such as the “Great British Bake-off” and “Sewing Bee”, which have both male and female constants, have helped, as cooking and sewing would have been out the question for males in earlier times. Similarly, “The Apprentice” shows women performing well in a business setting, although all the contestants are awful. Shows like these inspire both males and females to start in these professions. Many more males want to be models for beauty companies and the fashion industry while more females are challenging male dominated sports such as horse riding and motor-sport. The government has also had put new measures and bills in place to start promoting gender
Welcome to your life – is it pink or blue? So what did you choose? Unfortunately, in this world, you can’t choose what gender you are or even what gender you identify with. All over the world people are shunned, kicked out and attacked for not meeting society’s expectations for their gender. Males are often told they need to be manly, strong, put the bread on the table and that basically they need to have a lot sex. Women have to be pretty, cover up imperfections, have sex only in long-term relationships and raise children. Unknown to most people all these stereotypes have negative effects on both genders in many aspects and periods of their lives, although thankfully attitudes to stereotypes are changing. …show more content…
Blue was traditionally used for boys; girls can wear it too but it’s practically unheard of for a parent to dress their boy in a pink outfit. Parents of baby boys seem to fear the colour pink for some of the oddest reasons: he’ll grow up gay; be seen as a girl; be bullied by his peers. But where’s the proof?
Many people’s personal stories show that children are much less judgemental than adults; take the example of Bennett, the …show more content…
TV programs such as the “Great British Bake-off” and “Sewing Bee”, which have both male and female constants, have helped, as cooking and sewing would have been out the question for males in earlier times. Similarly, “The Apprentice” shows women performing well in a business setting, although all the contestants are awful. Shows like these inspire both males and females to start in these professions. Many more males want to be models for beauty companies and the fashion industry while more females are challenging male dominated sports such as horse riding and motor-sport. The government has also had put new measures and bills in place to start promoting gender