Feminism
While today we feel that we are an advanced and unbiased society, in actuality there are still clear and present separations between men and women; mostly which degrade and pigeonhole women in terms of their looks, sexuality, and role in society. It is granted that gender inequalities are bound to happen considering the genders do have Karl Marx put it best, “Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.”
. This is where they will learn that the line they can walk on to avoid ridicule is very fine. Their peers and media teach women in their adolescence that there is a small amount of qualities that are acceptable. Men do not like things like the natural and healthy body hair that their grow so they must remove it. They cannot be too stupid because they will be bimbos but they cannot be too smart because they will be pretentious. If they are open and confident with their sexualities they will be called ‘slut’s but if they are more reserved with their sexualities they will be called ‘prude’. There is very little they can do to avoid name-calling.
Shirley Chisholm once said, “The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.” That being true, women will only face this harmful stereotyping the rest of their lives. A girl will unknowingly suffer this gender inequality starting from extremely young ages via things like toys and Halloween costumes. Few of those things are ever gender neutral. One can notice how young girls are expected to play with the typical toys – dolls, princesses and baby dolls. These three toys already train girls that they are supposed to look the certain type of ‘pretty’, be saved by a man, and take care of babies even though parenthood is a situation in reality shared by both genders. Then, one can look at the typical toys boys play with – GI Joes and superheroes. These young boys will soon think that every man should have strong muscles, like physical
. This is where they will learn that the line they can walk on to avoid ridicule is very fine. Their peers and media teach women in their adolescence that there is a small amount of qualities that are acceptable. Men do not like things like the natural and healthy body hair that their grow so they must remove it. They cannot be too stupid because they will be bimbos but they cannot be too smart because they will be pretentious. If they are open and confident with their sexualities they will be called ‘slut’s but if they are more reserved with their sexualities they will be called ‘prude’. There is very little they can do to avoid name-calling.
Shirley Chisholm once said, “The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.” That being true, women will only face this harmful stereotyping the rest of their lives. A girl will unknowingly suffer this gender inequality starting from extremely young ages via things like toys and Halloween costumes. Few of those things are ever gender neutral. One can notice how young girls are expected to play with the typical toys – dolls, princesses and baby dolls. These three toys already train girls that they are supposed to look the certain type of ‘pretty’, be saved by a man, and take care of babies even though parenthood is a situation in reality shared by both genders. Then, one can look at the typical toys boys play with – GI Joes and superheroes. These young boys will soon think that every man should have strong muscles, like physical