Gender As A Man And The Role Of A Woman

In many shops, there seems to be an obvious separation between boys and girls items, for example, the birthday cards, books, clothes, and toys. This is shown in a variety of ways the boy's items are mainly the color blue and the books have pictures of either action figures, superheroes or tools. Whereas the girl's items are mainly the color pink. The books show pictures of fairies, princess, and Bratz. The cards also have the theme of the color pink for girls and blue for boys. The girl's cards have a lot of sparkles and pretty pictures whereas the boy's cards are covered in camo kind of illustrations and also have action figures on the covers. The children's clothes are separated into sections where there are labels for the boy's clothes and labels for the girl's clothes. The girl's clothing is all pretty and pink, it is covered in sparkles. Whereas boys clothing has camo patterns, blue colors, and pictures of action figures.

In Homer’s famous series of books, The Odyssey, our godlike Odysseus goes on a remarkable adventure. Throughout the journey, he does not only meet new places, but he also gets to know mortals, immortals, and its stories. These anecdotes all present similar gender expressions, which are not very different from the ones we have set in the modern society. Many of the stereotypes seen in the book can still be seen in the 2000’s, but in the book the examples of the men being represented as the powerful and dominant figure, and women being showed as passive and obedient towards the males are way more obvious .

Who is supposed to take out the trash? The man or the woman? Gender roles have become norms within heterosexual relationships in our society. Beyond simple tasks being associated with gender—women washing dishes and men taking out the trash—power has also become tied to gender. Men have acquired an unbalanced hold of power that women have been denied. Ciara points out these unfair gender roles in her music video Like a Boy. To Ciara, men have been allowed to lie, cheat, be secretive, and come home late—giving men an unequal hold of power within the relationship. She refers to these actions as acting “like a boy.” In order to reveal the unfairness of these double standard gender roles, Ciara asks what would be if she, more broadly what would happen if women did these things; what if they acted “like a boy?” The video begins with shots of Ciara after switching roles and says: “2007 ladies, I think it’s time to switch roles.” She makes a call to women to switch roles, to critique the actions that have been deemed acceptable for men, but unacceptable for women.

The different roles women and men characters play in the stories are also largely influenced by the society’s views. Women are portrayed

The Odyssey is remembered as an epic that stood the test of time. Consisting of Odysseus’s heroic tales his adventure back from the Trojan War, it not only conveys his journey, but also shares the wounds of Odysseus and his recovery physically and emotionally. However, Homer’s depiction of the patriarchy and it’s double standards through the actions of male and female characters is often overlooked. The Odyssey’s female characters try to acquire power in different ways, but ultimately face the same fate of being overpowered by a man, communicating Homer’s moral that women are less valuable and are less able to acquire and retain power then men.

Gender Roles can be defined as roles society expects people to play on account of their sex life. Like all roles, gender roles are made up of sets of expectations, so they can be thought of as sets of expirations, so they can be thought of as sets of expectation that are attached to sex.(pp: 220 John E. Farley & Michael W. Flota).

Men and Women have many different life experiences that allow their literature to be different from each other. Gender plays a really important role in society. From the day we are born, we are instantly given a blue blanket if we are a boy or a pink blanket if one is a girl. In society, we are told that we can be whoever we want to be, but many people especially women are criticized if they want to endure a path that is similar to a male. In literature, authors are able to express from their real life experiences and have that help them create stories. Many women authors write from the viewpoint of how men have power and are generally categorized as feminist. Male authorities may not want to lower their role as a man and relate to women because they do not feel like they are being “real” or “powerful”. Everyone views things differently and literature is a very good way to pick apart how females and males think similarly and different to one another. Although Feminism and Gender Roles have changed and men and women are more equal, by taking a look at the play “Poof!” by Nottage and article studies on these criticism one can see how they are still present in today’s society from the past.

Many people don’t know the difference between gender and sex. Sex is anatomical and biological. Gender role can be defined as a person’s inner sense of how a male or female should feel and behave. Culture and society are two important factors in relation to this particular topic. This implies that various societies and cultures may produce children and later fully grown men and women who may have diverse perspectives of a man or a woman’s place or role in the world around them; this is often determined by their culture’s gender stereotypes. Gender roles are the products of interactions between individuals and their environments, and they give certain cues about the behavior that is acceptable based upon their sex. Members of the society must learn the appropriate way for them to behave and what is actually expected of them as well as others. These roles are also based on norms or standards created by society.

The 1890’s were a time of change for women as they began to explore new roles. At the forefront of change were two adventurous women who led. Nelly Bly and Elizabeth Bisland stepped in and began to change the expectations of women and their roles as they set sail to their race around the world. This race would be a step in the right direction towards women's rights and their ability to work and do “ manly things too”. Feminism was a huge deal in the late 1800’s. And these two women were some of the first to put a stop to that.

Gender roles are a conception of femininity and masculinity. The gender roles for men and women in society are partially constituted of individual thinking. These conceptions and gender roles are not completely biological but also social and cultural. Women are earning advanced degrees and are entering careers which have been traditionally dominated by men. But women are still depicted as images of beauty and sexuality in movies, video games and advertisements. This paper explores the ways in which women continue to be depicted in society; specifically how women are portrayed in advertisements, the negative impact they make on women and the patriarchy that they depict. Highly sexualized images of women’s bodies put them on centre stage to be looked at, judged and evaluated. Not only does it put women in vulnerable positions, but hypothesizes male dominance. Women are being objectified and taken advantage of in advertisements by being presented as a “fantasy element”.

Gender roles and gender identity are topics that are prevalent in today’s society, and cause many debates in classrooms and in everyday life. There are varied opinions on the subject. Most people have very strong beliefs on how children develop their gender roles and identity and can backup those beliefs with personal experiences behind their reasoning

From adolescence and on, people have dreams. They develop a sense of longing for a certain career or hobby, and push to make this dream come true. Boys wanted to be firemen, and girls wanted to be ballerinas. One dangerous and heroic, while the other is graceful and poised. Have you ever heard of these roles switched? Have you heard a little boy say he wants to become a famous ballerina, or a young girl saying she wants to put out fires? The society we live in today has taught and developed many from a young age to believe in stereotypes and specific gender roles; therefore, leading us to be blinded by the fact that any sex can do anything they put their mind to: specifically women. Women who have been told they “can’t” for their whole lives.

It is important to have a positive relationship with our bodies in order to have a positive relationship with ourselves as a whole. However; there are many biological and societal factors that can derail that. These roadblocks include: social media/societal pressures, peers, culture, and last but most importantly not least, gender. Gender plays a pertinent role in how an individual may view their body. Prior research suggests that a disparity exists between how men and women view their bodies. Women are reported to struggle more with body appreciation, which means the way in which an individual views their body and how they feel others may view it (citation), than men do.

Gender roles have really changed throughout time, whether it’s women or men. For women, their roles have drastically changed, and in this play one can see the progress that women have made on affirming their roles either as housewives or just a woman in general. The man’s role may be the main role in this play. The man, in this case, runs the family and is the provider for his family. The woman is the caretaker, does the cooking, and the cleaning. Each one of these roles have an impact in this play. Both of these roles have developed throughout the play, and also throughout time.

“We have begun to raise our daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons like our daughters.” This quote was said by the wonderful Gloria Steinem who was a lecturer, political activist, writer, and feminist organizer. For a long time men and women were put into gender roles even as young children; little girls would wear pink while the little boys would wear blue. Recently some of this has changed. Most women and many men are trying to change the stereotypes we put on our genders. Men are wearing makeup, women are cutting their hair short, and everyone are wearing rompers; however many people do not want this change, and most of those people are men. Men do not want a change to happen because that would mean they would have to share power with over twice as many people. With women not doing their “duty” men would have to learn to cook and clean as well as work a job; which is what many, if not all, women do today. The main reason that women are more likely to try to stretch or break gender roles than men is because society tells us we are better off to be manly. All in all, the world is changing and I believe it is for the best and should be accepted and appreciated.