1. According to gender, men and women are expected of many things in life today in society. Men are expected to be able to provide for his family and give them shelter, put food on the table, and offer education to all their kids. Women are expected to give birth to children, nurture them until they are self sufficient, and to keep the house in check. Men are perceived by women as masculine and tough and the people who can provide things for them and protection. They are also perceived as the leader of the house and the disciplinary subject of the house. Women are perceived by men as the care-giver and the loving parent towards the children. They are perceived as loving and nice, the one in the couple that takes care of the children and the one that raises the children. The difficulties of being a man is that you have a lot of responsibility on your arms and that you have to provide for a family. Without being educated, you are pretty much stuck, therefore, to be successful you need a good education. The advantages the men have over women are that they can obtain jobs easier and have more opportunities in the business world. The difficulties of being a women are that they have a double standard; if a guy is dating multiple girls then his friends would think that he is cool, but if a girl was dating multiple guys then her friends would think badly of her. The advantages they have are that they have a smaller bar to achieve and less are expected of them. But being a boy, I do not know that many advantages of being a women versus a man. The stereotypes of being a man are that they are masculine, inconsiderate, and lazy people that don't care about anyone but themselves. The stereotypes of being a women are that they are weaker, more emotional, more dependent on guys, and always expected to take care of household chores.
2. If Sofia were posed the question of whether or not she would take the pill for her lover, I think that she would take the pill. She was madly in love with a German man and although it was against her culture and her father's wishes, she did it solely because she loved this man and thats all that mattered to her. By knowing this of Sofia, she would definitely take the pill and do anything for her lover because she was even able to go against her father; therefore, she would be able to take a simple pill that would ruin his musical taste for her love.
Eun, I completely agreed with what you said about the stereotypes for men and women. My post included similar concepts. I defiantly think that you were right with your expectations. Men are expected to be the providers and I didn't even think about the pressure of getting a good education so it was really interesting to see what you put. I think we had a lot of the same ideas, but your reasoning/ explanations differed.
ReplyDeleteEun I really enjoyed reading your post. We had very similar ideas in our responses, but you also brought up some things i didn't even think of. You really went in depth about what is expected from men and women in today's society. I like how you included how women are caring and loving while men are fierce and masculine, which isn't always true bu that is what expected. I really liked your disadvantages part, because men do have a lot to live up to, and at the same time women have the "double standard" for men which is extremely challenging for them to live up to in today's society. Overall great ideas and concepts.
ReplyDeleteIn repsonding to the questions of gender roles, we both choose to highlight the ideas of the men being a provider and the women being the family makers/loving parents. In your response as a charcter I found it interesting how you mentioned the double standard that exist between men and women.
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