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Since the beginning of time it has always been set in stone that girls are to enjoy jump ropes and Barbie dolls, while boys are to be fascinated with athletics, and monster trucks. Anything opposing society’s views and preference on gender roles, is automatically considered wrong and intolerable. If a male is more interested in baking, or a female is intrigued by mustangs and motorcycles, that should not be unacceptable or an issue. Male or female, anyone should be allowed the right to be…

The Boy Scouts of America made an announcement that is shaking up the scouting world, putting smiles on some faces, while filling other with anger. CBS News reports The Girl Scouts are not sold on the idea that the Boy Scouts are suddenly welcoming girls with open arms to create an equal environment, suggesting low enrollment is behind the push to bring the girls in now. A need for money is also coming into play following the decision, with a finger being pointed at the Boy Scouts need for…

For my writing prompt, I chose the topic of gender. I watched Kimberly Pierce’s Boys Don't Cry because it was based off true events and actually showed the challenging situation where someone's gender did not conform to societal expectations in the year 1993. This movie emphasizes three main sociological concepts: how your sex doesn't always match your gender, society fears what they do not understand, and how there are advantages of being one gender and not the other as a result of society’s…

Should girls and boys play on the same sports team? I feel girls and boys should not be allowed to play on the same sports team. Coed sports teams present a number of challenges for the kids and coaches alike, and those should be seriously considered before merging male and female athletes onto the same team. First of all, sports are divided into many categories besides gender for example height, weight and skill level. Boys are taller and stronger than girls which can give them an advantage to…

been taught and influenced by the environment and by their parents. Brain chemistry and genes have also been a factor in what boys and girls do. “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls” Katha Pollitt wrote “Why Boys Don’t’ Play with Dolls” on October eighth, nineteen ninety-four while she examines and challenges parents and adults to not lessen the biological differences between boys and girls and what messages they are receiving (Pollitt 187). Some of the things that she coveys in her essay is that she…

of racially corrupted systems in the 1930’s. Nine boys were convicted, not on evidence, but on the color of their skin. There were many appeals and retrials, but for these boys, honest justice was served too little too late. The boys faced a corrupt system made up of unfair trials, several appeals, two completely different judges, and they were not pardoned until eight of the nine were dead forty-six years later. The stories of the Scottsboro Boys did not start with the trials, or even on the…

there were two white girls, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. Then nine African American boys got on the train. Price and Bates accused the boys of raping them. Now they went to court to figure out the truth. The nine boys that have assault and rape charges are Olen Montgomery, Clarence Norris, Haywood Patterson, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Charlie Williams, Andy Wright and Roy Wright. The Scottsboro boys did not do the crime they were convicted because the girls lied during their testimony.…

In the article, Talking to Boys the Way We Talk to Girls, I agree with what the author, Andrew Reiner, argues about when he states how parents or individuals in general speak and treat males differently than they do with females. In a 2014 study, it is shown that mothers talk to their daughters with more emotional words than they do with their sons. In 2017, another study shows how fathers tend to be more focused on what their sons have accomplished and the happiness of their daughters. Parents…

The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers who were accused(falsely) of raping two white women on a train ride from Chattanooga to Memphis Tennessee in 1931. The case was a landmark moment in African American liberation and rights. The boys were traveling on a freight train when police stopped the train upon hearing that African Americans were attacking white travelers. When they opened up the train car, they discovered two white women were traveling with the boys. The women…

believe in the Southern courtrooms on the 1930s. The Scottsboro affair was a trail of nine African Americans and two white woman, who falsely accused 9 boys of rape. After years of being freed Norris, one of the Scottsboro boys, said that “Only racism had to do with us going to jail”. Being black was already seen as an issue, hence when the Scottsboro boys were convicted of rape, people jumped on this opportunity to get them locked up and did everything they could to prevent them from getting…