Blog #4: Option 1

How do the media images & stereotpyes of men & women impact how we view each other professionally (at school, at work, in politics, etc.)?

We're affected daily by the things we see and the people we talk to. We've discussed this in class, but there are these gender roles that we buy into because from day one that's what we're told is "right". For example, the fact that women should know how to cook better than men. That all is derived from the fact that women used to stay home and make meals for the family while men went out and earned all of the money. Today is different, but we're still stuck in that same mindset. I definitely think that women have a more difficult time gaining respect because of the negative connotations our gender is attached to. It's definitely one of the reasons we have not had a female president yet. I've heard people from my own class say that we are not ready for a female president and that "girls are too emotional". This is frustrating, because it's simply untrue.

Also, at school I feel as if girls are trained to act stupid and idiotic to get attention from boys. This is just annoying, because we don't have to be stupid to be approachable. Since day one, my parents have taught me to value knowledge over ignorance. Being opinionated and smart can get you in trouble, but it also gets you somewhere. It's disappointing knowing that there are girls and women across the entire world that think they aren't good enough to do the things men do, because we are good enough. This is something I wish could be different, but it wont change in the blink of an eye. That's why we need to focus on this issue, and not stay willingly ignorant. The way we interact with each other is an important role for the survival of our nation, and our world. Men shouldn't come before women, and women shouldn't come before men. I don't see how it's so hard to be treated equally.

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