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Jeannette’s battle against sexual abuse helps encourage teens who have experienced similar situations to fight on. As Jeannette Walls fights to institute normality in her family, abnormality is established by her parents. Reading such a story has a greater affect on teens, rather than reading an article on the topic of abnormality would because the teen can make more connections to the story. Peer pressure plays a strong role in the life of a teenager and causes the adolescent to conform in fear of rejection from their peers. With this being said, displaying novels about peer pressure and reading on how fictitious characters handle peer pressure not only helps the teen learn from the character’s mistakes, but teaches them how to problem solve for themselves. Rita Mae Brown once said, “The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.” Going against the status quo may not make those around you happy, but it will make you happier in the long

Wardy's book offers an expanded insight into girlhood, complete with appearances of stereotypes and sexualization during childhood. Taking a friendly approach to the realities of growing up for girls while having stereotypes and sexualization present, the chapters in Wardy's book are honest and bold and offers advice to parents from the change of child play to shopping strategies for girls that take away from sexualized markets, from how to teach young girls the importance of loving their bodies, Wardy includes useful tips in each chapter that is designed to help parents redefine what it means to be a girl in today's society.

Often people question who they really are, this identity crisis can be confusing because no one is ever born perfect, instead we strive to live up to the standards believed to be ideal. However, the inflence others put upon ourselves can persuade us to forget the genuine intents we may have potentially leading living a lie. Many fall victim to regret from being mislead by people who mindlessly obey those who are deemed superior in the eyes of society. By analyzing the similarities and differences, Brother Dear and On Boy Trouble characterize the importance of having the courage to express ourselves in order to challenge the narrow views isolating each person into a basic set of traits and attributes. The works of Bernice Friesen and Margaret

Throughout the course of time, roles in our society towards gender has evolved. In the story Boys and Girls by Alice Munro relatively has a direct message which is the constant battle of gender stereotypes. The audience is reading through the point of view of the main character, which is a girl, and her frustration she feels. Through the young girl’s experience, Alice Munro is able to show the readers the role of stereotypes or expectations that a female has to fulfill.

“Be a man” is the message that many young boys grow up with, but what does being a man truly entail? The idea that a boy must be a man and fit the heteronormative model of what a man should be, is so engrained in society that it affects many aspects of boy’s lives. James Baldwin writes an entire novel Giovanni’s Room about the idea of what being a man is, and what these teachings can do to a boy.

Renowned op-ed writer Claire Cain Miller in one of her articles, "Boys and Girls, Constrained by Toys and Costumes" brings our attention to the distinction between boys and girls for choices, this difference leads to the long-term notion of gender roles in the minds of the children. Claire's article is trying to sensitize the general public against gender difference. She tries to be sentimental by pointing out that the gender war started long before we were born, thus having the presence of a gaunt definition of what is for girls and what is for boys.

The argument in this paper is hard to decipher. One reason for this is that the actual argument is not introduced until the end of page four. Till then, the paper is the linking of fictional characters through their styles, attitudes, and backgrounds. Most of which, for Danny, are inferred from a picture. The main argument of this paper is that society creates a niche for boys to fill. This niche being the cliché no tears, mud loving, rambunctious little tike. The author argues, shortly, that this is destructive to boys and that it causes problems later in their lives. Besides having the flaw in its argument the paper also has many technical issues. Throughout the paper there are misspellings and punctuation errors, but a prime example of the

Growing up, I lived the life of grass stained knees and an almost perpetually sweaty face. I will never be ashamed of the fact that I have been and always will be a tomboy through and through. If I wasn’t getting dirty at my local baseball field being that my Father was the president of the Pony League then I was finding trouble at the football fields of my local Pop Warner, because as you may have guessed my Father was the president of that too. As you can see my family had their hands full and I can’t help it if boys and sports raised me. Being that boys constantly surrounded me, I saw first hand the struggle of the emotional divide between yearning for both connection and independence. Boys want affection and understanding but at the same time are afraid of the stigma they may receive from both their peers and even their mentors.

Young girls are designated and adorned in pink clothing from birth, establishing the separation from the ‘dominant’ males. Continuing on, the character is “exposed”, and it’s no surprise that she knows exactly “where she stands” in society. Girls and boys become separated in almost all aspects of society. In school, young girls are habituated into hanging out with other girls and learning a set of social norms that are carried into adulthood. Girls are not encouraged to be as aggressive or competitive as boys in either sports or academics. Girls are taught to be dainty and submissive, “knowing their place” in society. Little girls are taught play housewife, nurse, beautician, or singer, while boys play soldier, doctor, heroes, or sports affiliated activities. This seemingly innocent child’s play is teaching

While reading the book Real Boys by Dr. William Pollack, I was assigned to only read (Chapters 1-4) I found myself reading this book all the way to the end. This book introduces the reader to several young men who share their thoughts of shame and despair in trying to live up to the "Boy Code". The Boy Code is a set of rules and expectations that come from out-of-date and highly dysfunctional gender stereotypes: the idea that boys need to keep their emotions in check; that violence is an acceptable response to emotional upset; that their self-esteem relies on control; and that they must reject any and all signs of “feminine” behavior. I felt I was reading about my son several times. Pollack feels the pain that comes from boys too early separating for their mothers this puts the young men on the cycle to hardening themselves psychologically. The one acceptable emotion becomes resentment. Throughout the book, Pollack encourages parents to take time with their sons in helping them express their feelings while showing them compassion and love. Pollack discuss the ways parents can help their boys escape from the gender straightjacket that is imposed upon them. Pollack exposes myths that negatively represent boys as macho creatures shaped by testosterone with no social skills. He instead presents examples of boys who are emphatic as a result of promotion parents and educates the reader to be aware that boys express their love through action and work. Pollack includes chapters as regards to the different but evenly vital role of mothers and fathers in bringing up their sons. He also writes about the effect of healthy interaction with peers and the devastation that some boys feel when they learn they are homosexual. Pollack takes on the schools in failing boys in a number of ways but specifically for failing to understand the Boy Code. Pollack states that there are stereotypes about what boys are and how boys should behave. These stereotypes continue to perpetuate, many of us know some of these are dated and some are simply untrue. A myth that has been made of boys is “Boys will be Boys” This thought that nature controls boy’s conduct is untrue. It is not true that testosterone brings aggression and violence in every

The boys’ aisle proved that society views men as a muscular, heroic-like figures. Take the superhero figurines. Superheroes are the ideal role-model for little boys, but why? This is because superheroes are valiant, strong, brave men. They generally have the same body type (broad shoulder and muscular). These men also exhibit traits, such as courage, charity, and kindness that makes them a wonderful role-model for little boys. What makes the girls’ role in society to be seen as a nurturing mother-like figure? In the girls aisle you will find a variety of baby dolls, kitchen sets, and a bit of doctor tools. This suggests to young girls that their role in society is to play the role of housewife or doctor. The physical attributes of the dolls, such as the Monster High or Lego Friends dolls, reveals that society deems that women should have a tall, slim figure with plump lips and delicate

The main characters of the short stories such as Sam from “Master Harold”... and the boys, Bineeta from Good Girls are Bad News, and Beatrice from Minutes of Glory all have in common the problem of an internal struggle of not being able or wanting to fit into the roles expected of them by external figures.The authors use external characters and/or well known stereotypes as a model to show what external figures are expecting, to paint a picture of how the characters are differing from that expectation and to show how unreasonable the expectations are. They also use certain stylistic aspects to present to the reader whether the characters point of view is agreeable or flawed. The expectation of roles they are placed in puts each

Moreover, gender roles not only influence on a little boy’s identity, but also influence on Jazz’s happiness. In Jazz’s story, Jazz might be embarrassed when a little boy called him ‘princess’, not prince. Jazz parents’ parenting way allows him to choose whatever he wants which means that his parents do not make limitation based on gender, so he just choose what he likes. However, he was laughed in the public from his peers because he wears like girl. In fact, Jazz had experience that his peers do not want to play with him because of his girlish appearance. Jazz and his parents met their family friend who has two little girls at the park and two girls did not want to play with Jazz. Two girls said that they do not want to play with ‘girl-boy’

When I was younger, I would visit my cousins and aunt every single day. My aunt lived in an apartment and even though it was small, all of my cousins and I would always be together playing. While my cousin and I were playing with Polly Pockets and doll houses as girls are expected to, I remember my boy cousin wanting to play with us. He would always love playing with toys and it didn’t matter to him if it was labeled as for a boy or for a girl. As long as he was having fun, he didn’t care what he played with or what color it was. Looking back now, I remember that the minute his step dad saw him playing with a pink toy or a doll, he would instantly freak out. He would say something like, “Hey that’s for girls!” or “Why are you playing with a girl toy, you faggot!” I didn’t understand why he was so against my cousin playing with a toy that wasn’t boy-ish. It became clear to me that since early childhood, boys are forced to act more masculine and hide underneath a mask of toughness. Having to always act tough and hide feelings as boys may lead to them dealing with several consequences throughout their lives.

Stereotypes and generalizations about boys and girls is an example of how people have freedom with limitations. The Truth about Boys and Girls brings up the point of “are boys really more aggressive and girls really more empathetic- or do we just see what we expect in them?” (Eliot) This highlights how challenging it can be to consider yourself truly free when all of these stereotypes are pinned on society. It seems impossible to choose what you really want when all of these expectations are weighing on you. Parents also take away a lot of the freedom to choose as well, Eliot address that “parents reinforce play that is considered gender-appropriate, especially in boys” (Eliot). Parents want what is best for their children and so they attempt to conform their children to society to make it easier for them in the future. However, by doing that the parents take away the freedom they have to choose who they are. Some examples of this is how as a society we