A person claiming what gender role they
want to fulfill is something I could care less about. However, I do believe
that society has set a significant amount of standards for both male and
female. Yes, we as a society do learn how to fulfill these set expectations
through our rearing as children. Dependent upon our GENDER, we are taught the
same things our parents were taught by theirs going all the way back to where
the family line began with adjustment to our life lessons changes of the era.
Some of the roles we are meant to learn do seem a bit absurd and it is
"your" personal choice as to whether or not "you" want to
go through with them. What I will say though is some of the ways in which we
act do come from our internal wiring and natural instinct that will probably
never go away no matter how hard we try. After a certain point in a person’s
life it is more than possible for them to choose how they “morally” want to
conduct themselves in society. If a male wants to fulfill the standards set for
women although he was reared to act as a "man" SO BE IT and the same
applies for women. We live in a place where people who want something will go
hell and high water to achieve their goals even if it means becoming the pink
elephant in the room. However, if a person chooses to continue the path of
socially acceptable "manhood" or "womanhood" don’t be a
fool and continue on with your way of life and DO NOT concern yourself with
people who want to live differently. Going against the grain is only weird when
there are more people going up than there are going down. This
transition of accepting people regardless of the gender role they choose to
fill will happen eventually but until the DO YOU BOO!!!!!
I totally agree on your point of view on this topic although I do feel like this is a big problem in today’s world. The standards that you talk about for men and women is a big problem. Girls and boys have certain things that they are suppose to like or act like. When a kid does not act the way that these norms say they should it is a big ordeal. I think that boys and girls should simply be able to like whatever they want instead of having things be right or wrong at such a young age. Like you said, you are taught by your parents depending on your gender and that is not always a good thing. Girls should be told its acceptable to be tough and boys should be told it is acceptable to be sensitive. The problem here is there is not really a way to fix it. We are taught by our parents who were taught by their parents. Trying to just fix something this big would be extremely difficult. If someone has a way to fix this then by all means I believe they should but at this moment I just don’t see how its possible. Just like you I do believe this affects other people way more than me at this moment in time but I say yes do you boo just like you said!
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