Stephen Hinshaw's Essay 'What Is The Triple Blind'

I absolutely loved Stephen Hinshaw’s essay “ What Is The Triple Blind” and I couldn’t agree with it more. He made extremely strong points that boys and girls need to be educated on. Especially students in grades 9-12, which seem to be the hardest for all gender’s. One really strong point of his was on pg 277 “whatever else she made decide, she must also be sexy, thin, and pretty, have either a great boyfriend or a husband and kids and be wildly successful at her career.” There is so much expected of a girl and until I got older I never realized there is also pressure on men, but because I’m a girl I have more experience and stronger feelings of some of the difficulties women face. First off the appearance of a female is held to a high standard that is unfair. Girls are judged by their hair, makeup, and clothes no matter what they wear. If a women is seen in “comfortable attire” she doesn’t “try” or “sloppy”. Females who are into fashion and like to dress up more or show skin are often called bad names. Women who wear too much makeup are called names like “cakeface” or described as trying to hard. Girls who don’t wear makeup are still talked about in negative ways for not “conforming to girly
If you want to be a stay at home mom, that’s great, if you want to start your own company that’s still great. There is no rules or expectations that should be set for how a woman should live her life. Many females don’t want kids and people will question this or women who don’t get married people assume there is something wrong with her. One of my favorite quotes by Gloria Steinem is “ A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” I need oxygen,food, and shelter I don’t need my peers or a man to accept me, as long as I accept and love myself the rest will