Sunday, April 8, 2012
I am a Female.
Gender roles play an important role in some peoples life because it shapes who they are. The media has become more and more important in this socializing agent as well. Media suggests that girls should be more into shopping and dolls and
boys should be more into video games and sports. Although people may want this to be true, it certainly is not and now a days its changing more and more. In my family i am surronded by girls, i have a younger sister, many girl cousins as well as only 3 boy first cousins. This has made an impact in what i was to play with while growing up. As i am now graduating high school, who i am and how i categorize my self has changed. I wouldnt say im a girly girl but i wouldnt say im a tomboy. I do hang out with many girls but i also have many guy friends. As the society and community around us keeps changing so do we. So next time some body tells you that "girls cant do that" challenge them by asking why not?
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I agree that society wants us all to identify with a specific gender and stick to those roles religiously. I think as a girl most of us were brought with barbies and polly pockets, but this is only because that is what society has taught us. If i wanted to play with tonka trucks and super heroes, people may question whether or not that is girly enough but i shouldnt mattet to anyone else besides me. I also agree that a huge socializing agent gender nowadays is the media because we are constantly being bombarded with ads for toys and things that are specifically geared towards a certain gender.
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