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Gender Is The State Of Being Male Or Female?

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We’ve grown up in a society where gender has always been an issue, and quite possibly always will be. Unless we start to entirely alter our thoughts and begin to view gender for what it is and not what it’s been portrayed to be for many years there will not be any change.

Can we accomplish something like changing our thoughts to believe in something that’s different from what society has taught us? Sure we can.

Gender defined is “the state of being male or female”.

It’s as simple as that.

Why must we take this simple definition and make it a social and cultural issue when it’s just purely biology.

I know what may be racing through the minds of readers at this moment. Since I’m a female this is going to be a male bashing zone where …show more content…

For some reason this has been completely overshadowed.

The day both divided genders can unite and throw away the perceptions, stereotypes and prejudices is the day when the word gender inequality will seize to exist and society will be headed in the right direction.

In this 3 part series I will delve into how to media portrays males, the effects society has had on the male gender and the future of male gender issues.

The media on male gender roles

The media has a huge impact on society and especially on male and female roles. Even saying “male and female roles” should be stopped. Of course, as a society their needs to be guidelines and rules set in place but assigning certain roles to someone based on their gender is something we should all find astoundingly wrong. However, we still do it. Perhaps a huge part of that is based on the fact that since we were young we were brought up to believe that men should always open the door for us, or pay for our dinner and completely be the provider of the family.

Even, movies and television shows are famous for over exaggerating male and female roles. There are usually two ways men are portrayed in film, which is lazy and unintelligent or the provider of the family. There usually isn’t any in between.

For instance, in the American sitcom King of Queens, Doug’s wife Carrie is a strong and independent woman while Doug is lazier and his opinions don’t always seem to matter. He is usually made out to seem

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