gender roles
I know that Now a days we'd like to believe that we don't hold the same standards when it comes to gender. we here in America are civilized the enslavement of ppl don't exist. sexism psssht; a thing of the past. listen the only difference really from the 50's until now is that women have the freedom to make some choices (education, employment, etc). even with our new found independence (in some any way) we still are expected to be the domesticated ones. you don't know how many times my own relatives would ask me if i learned how to cook yet, so that i can get married. They laugh like its a joke but they really feel that way because they live the typicaI life of a house wife. Even under ridiculous amounts of pressure from our daily lives we are expected to also be the good "house wife". I know that there are women out there who work full time, go to school, raise children and at the end of the day expected to feed her husband and wash clothes. why is that? believe it or not even if you don't share this particular belief; there are many who do. within our subcultures within this huge america, we as women are allowed some liberties this country offers while still adhering to their country of origins guidelines. prime example, I know of a Woman my age that was from the middle east and she was absolutely wonderful. great personality and I knew that she had the talent to do whatever it is she ever set out to do. Her father believed strongly in education even for his girls and allowed her to attend college after high school. she would tell me all the time how men and her relatives would come from all over to ask for hand in marriage. I was somewhat relieved that at the age of 17 that at least her father allowed her to choose a suitor of her liking. The pressures of not only American values but of her own country weighed heavy on her shoulders then. I was able to discover the parts of her no one ever knew of because it would be seen as bad. soon after I transferred to another school a couple years later of getting to know her she got married and changed into something I hadn't known her to be. all I'm saying is why do we as women fall into that trap of acceptance? why do we become so afraid to be who we are and what we are? why cant it be normal for women to just do as they please like men without being persecuted for it? we all know it's not the same especially when we talk about sexuality next time. just some food for thought, I think we spend so much time discussing what occurs here in our immediate surroundings or society to women but what about globally? we will get in to so much more but for now, women keep your heads up, fists higher, and your hearts lifted.
Well, I trace it to the fact that ever since our 'forefathers' came here from England- it's been all about the (white) Males as the ruling class and power. They do whatever they can to manipulate the image and role of all others within their govt. and societal structure to keep the power in their hands. That included the Natives that welcomed them when they landed(who they killed in genocide), the women who came over with them, all foreign immigrants who came over since, and even those who have been here for generations but are still in the minority(Latinos, black, asian). There is a perception that to be female is to be weak, but that's not the fact at all. Cleopatra, Queen Victoria & Elizabeth were not weak...it's only a development here that we believe a woman can't run the country, or even do simple things like go to the mall by themselves. Partly because we, as men- prey on women's beauty in this country and have made it a dangerous venture for females to venture from their car to their house. It's just sad...
ReplyDeleteI feel like women living for themselves are persecuted and viewed negatively. Hilary Clinton is depicted as a demon monster by the media, Sarah Palin's a bumbling idiot(this is true, though)and almost each first lady is just seen as a 'nicey nice' Public Relations tool.
We have women like Oprah, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters, etc. who are figurheads that have gained respect- but still have their controversies and '...but's about them.
I don't know if it will take a movement similar to the bra-burnings of the 60's/70's and another social revolution before we can really say women are put on the same even playing field as males...but I think it will more or less happen gradually through the evolved thought processes of generations of men who pass down respectful virtues to their sons. I hope this starts sooner, rather than later- though. I know I'll be doing such starting with my own.
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