Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Make me a Sandwich

Throughout history, gender stereotypes have been seen all over. One of these include the fact that women are terrible drivers. Some people believe this stereotype was created because back when cars were first emerging, men were the only ones who were able to drive, thus giving them the advantage in being a good driver. Joking about women drivers is seen all over, but in a sense, this is not only a stereotype, but more of a disadvantage for women. Another stereotype among gender is that men are physically stronger than women. Although this may be true in many cases, femininity also plays a role in this stereotype. Its not that women can't become as strong or masculine as men, its just the fact that women are expected to act lady-like, and in the eyes of most people, it is somewhat gross to see a women that can bench just as much weight as me.
In my opinion, gender should not matter. Although these stereotypes often make us believe that one gender is better than the other, there are plenty of facts that contradicts each stereotype. For example, women are bad drivers. There are so many professional women car drivers, or limo drivers, or bus drivers that would undoubtedly kick my, and a large portion of males ass' in a driving test. The fact that women cannot become as physically strong as men. This is also untrue and is proved everyday by women. In eighth grade I arm wrestled a girl named Kulani Aplin. time after time I would get beat by her, continuously embarrassing myself until I finally realized that women can easily be just as strong as men. Twenty-five years ago, womens role in society was pretty much set in stone. They were usually house wives that would stay at home and cook and clean with little room for gender equality. As the years progressed, more and more women became tired of these stereotypes that men are all around better and decided to do something about it. Slowly, womens rights are being granted that are making them more equal to man. Although there will always be gender stereotypes, women are making great efforts to prove these stereotypes wrong.

10 comments:

  1. good examples, but don't worry. One day you will beat Kulani Aplin.

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  2. Nice title! I like how you think gender shouldn't matter. Also, I think it's good how you say a couple stereotypes and then break it down to say how they came to be but then how they really aren't true in the broad spectrum and are truly just a stereotype.

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  3. This is good. I like how you evened it out and gave example of how both boy's and girls have advanteges on each other.

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  4. I really agree. Even though there are stereotypes, the majority of them are not completely true. There will always be someone that does not fit the stereotype, and more than likely it will be more than just one person!And yes the bench press line was pretty funny and true.

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  5. HAHAHA! Okay, first of all, I love the name. I also really liked how you brought up arm wrestling games of the past. In addition, you sort of defended the stereotype that women suck at driving, which was cool. I think it was a good post and you got to some really important points.

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  6. I think the title says it all. You might be a little bit sexist.. haha. But yes it's true that Kulani could beat you up still and that many women are indeed as strong as men, just maybe not completely in a physical way. I like how you say "women are making a great effort to prove these stereotypes wrong," which we are, but with MEN who still hold them true, it's not as easy as that.

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  7. I like, your topic is not the same as mine, but both of our blogs came up with the same idea that stereotypes apply to the majority of people, if it's even a realistic gender role, and don't apply to everybody. A stereotype is a way to judge a mass group of people at once, but it definitely is not 100% correct.

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  8. I love this. You had a great balance and showed some humility in a real world example. I like how you argued both sides and you came to the conclusion that stereotyping shouldn't matter, and doesn't matter to you. nice job.

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  9. Willy,

    Glad to see that your post generated so much discussion. Well done!

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