Judith Ortiz's The Changling

Men should be able to speak up and show compassion or sympathize with the opposite sex without fear of being shun away or wrongfully labeled as being a bit feminine. I believe raising a boy the “old fashion” way should be abolished, or at least minimized. We still have a lot of the “old fashion” men out there who will not be caught dead doing anything that is considered feminine (I know because I married one of them) but society has changed in the sense that it is the norm to be able to be out and proud, and it doesn’t necessarily mean they are gay. You see many males proudly wearing pink shirts, getting manicures without worrying about their masculinity because they are confident in themselves and don’t have the urge to prove it to anyone or reporting crimes without the fear of being labeled as a wimp. This to me is the true definition and measure of a real man; someone who is not afraid to go against society. After all, it does take a real tough man to wear

Girls face more judgement and criticism in society than guys do. This is where double standards comes to play in society. Double standards is when a gender is seems superior than the other. It is very commonly known that women face harsher criticism that men do but it is very taboo in society when men face it as well. In society, women are constantly told how to dress because if one reveals too much skin they are distracting boys. Based on the article, The Double Standards of Gender in Society, by Dasia Echevarria states, “We see this in schools when a dress code is put in place, yet it only applied to girls.” Dress codes are always enforced in school but they are mainly towards females. The problem with the dress codes is that schools are basically sexualizing all these females at a young age. That is the main problem when it comes to the dress

One who claims any gender other than male or female would be considered taboo or highly unusual by our society. Biological sex is often thought to determine one’s gender identity. Though sex and gender align for the mass of our population, there is a minority group that does not feel that they belong to either male or female genders. To understand gender fluidity, one must recognize that sometimes a person’s gender and sex do not align. A person may not feel that their biological sex reflects who they are, they may feel uncomfortable with the expectations and roles placed on them due to their sex. These gender roles are created by social expectations of our western society. Gender roles are merely social constructs, and if one does not want to conform to societies conjectures placed on them due to their biological sex, they should have the freedom to non-conform.

Eric Liu has written two books with Nick Hanauer on politics and civic life, The Garden of Democracy (2011) and the True Patriot (2007) and has written a memoir, The Accidental Asian. His commentary on “branding” appears to be the main issue in the op-ed of the public space in the USA. Eric Liu displays his disagreement on their Bronx homestead’s being named into some brand called “Yankees”. The Yankees showing off their name into the homestead has angered the writes in many ways. The writer thinks it has insulted the great legends born in the stadium. He isn’t happy about this change as he thinks it as a national treasure. Now Yankees will also be a part of a deeper, acceleration trend in our society, the relentless branding of public spacing.

Since the beginning of our existence, there has always been a gender separation. The stronger sex: hunting for food and defending their families, while the weaker sex gathered plants and learned how to weave. As in the above situation, I believe this is why girls are more protected by the dress codes that many schools put into play. For hundreds of years we’ve lived with these separations: and they haven’t caused us much damage. It’s only been in (somewhat) recent times that women have felt the need to destroy this barrier.

Throughout life every man and woman fits into a specific gender role. We are told what is expected of men and women from birth until death. Many people influence our view of how we should act and what we should say such as our parents, friends, and even the media. Males and females play very different roles and these differences are apparent in our every day lives. These differences are not the same as they used to be. Society has changed the way it treats men and women over time.

because it’s just clothes. In society especially back then you were told to wear what your gender

Jane and the Dragon by children’s author Martin Baynton, tells the story of a young girl who wants to become a knight, however most of her friends and family just laugh at the idea because she is a lady in waiting. Becoming a knight is something she has always dreamed about doing and she will not let anything get in her way. In my journey to become an engineer I have obstacles which I am going to have to deal with, however I am going to have a lot more support than Jane did.

There are some who argue that when a woman decides to dress in a way that shows off her skin, she is asking for negative attention from men. This reason is why the ‘locker room’ behavior of men is borderline accepted in primarily American culture. When women are told that the way that they dress puts themselves in danger with men, it shames females into thinking that their freedom to dress is less important because they have to worry about how they are going to be treated. Though I concede that there is no reason to show off inappropriate areas of the body publicly, I still insist that a woman should be able to choose to wear what she wants without being afraid of the consequences. After all, clothes are just clothes.

Among us all, behind the threshold of our awareness, lays a mysterious doppelganger, also known as our alter ego. It walks beside us in our daily lives and haunts our dreams at night. Who is this shadowy figure we come in contact with everyday? The shadow is the side of our personality that we do not consciously display in public, but has always been present since the beginning. Psychiatrist Carl Jung believes that “within each one of us there is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from how we see ourselves”(Jung, 190). We can learn to recognize the shadow in popular culture, daily life, literature, and our own relationships.

From the time an infant is born, gender is defined and continues so throughout childhood. Girls wore dresses and boys wore pants. They begin to follow what their same-sex parent does. Women tend to

The behavior towards people’s judgement is based on what gender they are can be summarized in one movie Grease. Grease made 159 million dollars in the year 1978 alone, but the movie itself shows the double standards on gender with two main a groups of teenage high school students. The testosterone filled group of males known as T- Birds and the Barbie pink female group known as The Pink ladies, make up the popular crew in their school. If you aren’t part of these two groups than you are considered a lack of interest and a waste of existence. The movie also contains viewpoints of conformity taken place in high school that many teenagers experience in real life, by this I mean the movie is a reflection of what is taught in society since birth.

There are several sources that tell a person how to be a man or woman. Science tells us by recognizing the X or Y chromosomes. The media shows us through the physically ideal celebrities that grace the covers of magazines and flaunt their bodies in commercials. Sports, wrestling, cars, and blue for the boys. Dresses, make-up, painted nails, and pink for the girls. All of these sources, as well as others, have evolved into an expectation that has become institutionalized within society. This expectation, is placement and belonging into the binary system of person: the man or the woman. In Anne Fausot-Sterling's acrticles “The Five Sexes” and the “The Five Sexes, Revisited”, the

I have always wondered why women had a double standard when it came to their body. I have just been taught that it is not ok or unprofessional for a girl to show skin. Even in the olden days when women wore long skirts, it was just known that they were expected to dress conservative. We as a society are not just shaming a girl, but shaming our country. Without allowing girls to be themselves, is causing more girls to rebel. If people are told not to do something, they are more likely going to do it and see if they can get away with it. I want to figure out why people think shaming women is doing society any good.

To be frank our Gender determine a great deal about our lives. From our earliest age we are conditioned to adhere to our own set code of behavior. Little girls are often taught to submissive and subservient (lesser now then in years past but still to a considerable existent) They are given Easy bake Ovens, Baby Dolls and most distressingly of all miniature cosmetics to "enhance" their appearance and attract the attention of the opposite sex. They most be Pretty, polite, kind and sweet, perfect princesses but never queens. Taught instead to look to the men for protection, comfort and support. They will, they are told to be mothers and wives . Those who chaff at this and attempt to step outside the preassigned role are often ridiculed mercilessly by members of both Sexes , Called Butch, Ugly and quite often Bi%*&. Even those few that break though positions of status and influence in America are still often defined by their appearance, because whatever they do, however high they reach in American Society they must always be pretty.