GENDER STEREOTYPES
I
feel Gender discrimination and prejudice has to the gender stereotypes.
It’s
practically a habit of buying the son a toy car and daughter a doll, to play
with. Being a girl my favourite colour might be blue or black. But no one gifts
me anything in this colour. Perpetuating the gender stereotypes that society
deems as ‘normal’ for boys and girls. But what happens if the son dresses dolls
and the daughter is obsessed with techie toys or action characters. Parents
usually want girls to be teachers and doctors.
A
number of taboos are attached to the birth of a girl child in India. It is the
social structure we live in, responsible for our faulty gender scripts. We need
to change this!
Media
is yet another important agent of gender bias. In various advertisements women
are generally portrayed as weak, homely, doing the household chores.
At
work places too, it has been seen that women are being paid less or face
prejudice from the men folks. The social belief is that the women are required
to marry and be a home maker for a life time. As a result the career ambitious
women often face depression. Gender stereotypical attitude is affecting the
development of the country. It decreases the per capita income of the country. If
women lag behind, it retards the development of the country.
Giving
equal opportunity to both boys and girls, would definitely initiate development,
economic stability and increase literacy rate. As the father of the nation,
‘Mahatma Gandhi’ said be the change you want to see. So we, the young people
stand for the change because we can make a difference.
Samiksha, XI
We can also relate to this here in America because women here are also treated unequally. We too believe that we can be the change that we would like to see. The points that you made are really strong like when you said "Media is yet another important agent of gender bias. In various advertisements women are generally portrayed as weak, homely, doing the household chores." Which portrays women as only being housewives and not doing much with their lives but to support their husband and cook and clean. Being raised in the American society, we believe that we have to work harder to strive for success and that we can too be successful in the world. Thank you for your thoughtful ideas of gender stereotypes.
ReplyDeleteI BELIEVE we all deserve the equal amount of treatment as one and never discriminate because different ethnicity, background, and or gender.
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