Dasia Echevarria's The Double Standards Of Gender In Society

School Dress Codes School dress codes can sometimes be viewed as sexist or unfair because some believe that they are “only applied to girls” and that the boys do not really have a dress code, and they can wear whatever they want. Also, sometimes really strict dress codes can take away a person’s freedom of speech or their rights. Some tend to believe that school dress codes need to change. School dress codes are to harsh today, and need to be equally enforced on both genders.

Any girl that has ever attended public school knows about the struggle of a dress code. On those hot days as the school year approaches, girls pour over their closets trying to find an outfit they won’t get called out for or sweat to death in. All their dresses are too revealing, their shorts too short, and their shirts reveal way too much shoulder—or so the schools say. Girls have been attacked time and time again with dress codes. Policies are almost always directed strictly towards girls; some even specify for girls only. These dress codes are not only sexist towards women, but they limit female’s freedom of expression and their choice to feel comfortable, and they do not teach female’s to have self confidence.

When thinking of gender roles in society, stereotypes generally come to mind. Throughout history these stereotypes have only proven to be true. Major historical events have had a huge impact on the way men and women are seen and treated. In this way, women have always been secondary to males and seen as the fragile counterparts whose job is to take care of the household and most importantly, be loyal to her husband no matter the circumstance. Gender roles throughout history have greatly influenced society. The slow progress of woman’s rights throughout humanities led to an explosion of woman’s rights throughout the 20th century and that trend will only continue on into the rest of the 21st century.

Gender roles and expectations have a lot of impacts on our society and it needs to be changed in order to create a better civilisation. Although our society has ameliorated tremendously in the past years, there are still some discriminatory actions among genders that are affecting someone 's life negatively. Any remaining differential between genders need to be changed for a better moral standard of living.

Women are held at unfair double standards. In this technological age, mass media shapes what society perceives as "the social norm". Women are constantly being sexualized in media; Yet are scrutinized for scandalous actions, that would be acceptable had a male acted the same way. This double standard can be found in school systems when it comes to dress code. Ladies are prohibited from showing ordinary body parts, such as shoulders to avoid the possibility of boys getting

Year by year, women and young girls are getting criticism for the way they dress because society believes they are no longer following the traditional dress code rules. People think that by women dressing with short skirts, dresses and shorts that shows their body is the reason or the cause of them getting raped. Instead of trying to feel bad for them, they blame them because they should've known it was their fault for wearing revealing clothes. Everyone needs to realize that fashion has changed and so have the times and a woman's outfit shouldn't have to be a problem or a concern to others that don’t approve. At the end of the day, we live in a free country that is America where we could each make our own choices that makes us happy and if that means that if a girl wants to wear a short dress, then let it be because we shouldn't need to make it our problem.

A common social theme of history is the constant battle of equal rights for both men and women. Ever since the development of the first agricultural societies during the BC times, people have been living in a society where paternalism and patriarchy dominated; men are always at the top of the social hierarchy. Men were always the leaders, the priests, the ones who decide what was right and what was wrong. Women have battled for equality with their male counterparts ever since then. They have fought for their right to vote. They have fought for their right to speak at religious liturgies. They have fought for their right to equal job and educational opportunities. Social equality between men and women will always be a never-ending

For centuries discussions about the expectations of genders have been extremely taboo. All of our lives, we are sculpted to believe that men are strong, mysterious, authoritative protectors and women are delicate, beautiful, caretakers.

Throughout history and today, we women are constant victims of stereotyping from our society. Certain “rules” have to be followed and certain “ideal” women images have to be kept. We are raised in a way to fill certain position where the society wants us to be and as a result, the opportunities are always limited for us and ideas of our importance in the society are diminishing. Even though women gained some independence, where women can work and take various position in society, the society’s idea of typical role of women never seem to change.

Since the beginning of time, men and women have been categorized differently and given their own set of expectations and constraints. Still to this day, the differences among genders are labeled throughout society, and especially for women, this creates a drawback in the hope for equality. There has been increasing improvements in the last 100 years for men and women to gain identical rights and treatment, although this does not mean things are perfect in the least bit. Women have been given an identity and when they step away from the norm, negative reactions make it apparent of how society feels women ought to conduct themselves.

Women 's rights have been a topic of debate for many years. Over many decades, the issues of women’s rights has continued to change. Equality is a term that many use when speaking of women’s rights. Equality in this text referees that both men and women should have equal treatment in all areas of life. Despite that it has gotten better is some areas, we still have many areas that need a lot of work. Women continue to be at a disadvantage in many different areas of our society. Inequality because of a person’s gender causes problems among the sexes. Going back to the passing of the 19th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in 1920, which gave women the right to vote. Are women treated equally in 2016, or if not what areas still need to be addressed. Are women treated differently than men in society in regards to pay in the workplace and voting? Many have studied to see if women 's equality has improved over the years, and most would agree that yes it has improved. But there are studies that show that there is still room for much improvement. The ethical issues are huge within this subject. Societies have moral codes that teach people how they should behave, and what is right or wrong. With this being said the way women are treated should be equal to men because it is what is ethically correct. Every society makes decisions based on what we have been taught, so we must teach those coming after us that women should be treated equal to male counterparts. There

During the past century there have been significant changes in the modern values and norms of our society. While both men and women have had difficulties revolving around these changes, the Nineteenth Century really impacted “a sharp differentiation between the gender roles” (Radek, 2001, para. 1). Males and females are thought to have separate societal duties based on gender differences. The male’s duties began to be in the public sphere and the woman’s duties are confined to the privacy of the home. During this changing century, female status began to dramatically emerge through the fight for female education and women’s rights. Although men have had some significant challenges, they have not been more affected by the modern cult of individualism and self-actualization than women have.

There are far more dress codes for females than there are for males, and it's stupid. To add onto those ridiculously placed rules, there was some even more ridiculous cases of them. These include: Tessa Wilson from Springstead High School in Florida, she was sent home for wearing a tank top UNDER a jacket. Cam Boland, a 17 year-old, was giving a speech at a different school for National Honors Society. They took her NHS title because she was wearing a spaghetti strap dress while she gave the speech, (she was wearing a jacket but due to the weather being warm, she took it off). Finally, Stephanie Dunn, from Woodford County High School, was sent home for wearing a cardigan and a tank top, which her annoyed mother offered to bring a large scarf to add on top of that but, the school still decided that this was not okay. These all seem campy and fake to even be real, dress codes shouldn't be at a certain aim for a certain group of people, they should all be equal to everyone. We should have to worry about proper education and proper learning rather than what we are wearing and what other people perceive has what is good to wear and what is not good to wear. Dress codes are not important (also they're very bias) and they should be abolished.

People need to better understand the differences as well as conflict between genders to decide whether or not there are tangible solutions to the issue. Exploring other possible solutions apart from stereotypical agendas is essential. In order to have a full understanding one must shed light on the conflict between genders and the implications it has on society. Most literature shows and shares stereotypical views on women’s inability to hold political positions in world politics while others have proven such views to be inacurrate. Therefore, it is the idea that people should be given a fair opportunity to improve their daily lives regardless of their gender, sexuality and identity. Until gender inequalities are eliminated, male privileged, discrimination, insecurity and violence will prevail with the ongoing practices of institutionalized systems that limits the progress of others based on their gender.

Attitudes, beliefs and practices based on gender that treat women unfairly are often deeply entrenched in our societies. Like it or not it seems that gender inequality still plays a role in our societies all over the world. These gender inequalities in society demonstrate how we value men in contrast to how we value women. In other words, men are better treated than women. From a women 's point of view , I want to address these gender inequalities issues such as gender inequality in the workplace, cultural favouritism of men more than of women and the women struggle in politics.