Thursday, September 22, 2011

Gender

What is gender ? Gender is the expected behavior associated with each sex . When someone think if gender , they automatically think boy/girl or woman/man or male/female. With that being said there are certain beliefs that come with that . For example people think women belong at home being a house wife while the men go out and work . The man is suppose to be the strong figure , who bring home the bacon and that has been a misconception for centuries. They really have people out in the world who feel like  women are weaker than men and  can't do the same jobs that men could do . Like men only could be construction workers or police officers. Who said women couldn't do those jobs ?
The same thing goes for men .  You might think men cant be a nurse  or secretary. It's like if you see them performing that job, something is wrong .
The bottom line is people discriminate against gender.  A job might not hire you based on what gender you are. I feel like you can't do anything about it because its what is in people mind and that's how they will always see you and Jude you on that .
(By Donisha Banks )

1 comment:

  1. Nice job. Are you sure you can't do anything about it? Our gender norms have changes considerably over the past 50 years. Why do you think that has happened?

    Mr. Ostertag

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