There are many things going on in today’s society that people either agree with or they don’t. There are many delicate topics people can discuss and get angry about or argue. My topic for today definitely is one of those. I am not the most eloquent or good at phrasing my thoughts, but I do not mean to cause offence with any of the things I voice tonight. These were things I learned in my class and through my own experiences in life. Tonight I am talking about Gender and how that affects each and every one of us in different ways. We tend to be very stereotypical with the things we believe are male and female tendencies and because of this we can cause offense and suffering where there does not need to be any. We are all different from each other for a reason and life would be very boring if we were all named Karen and had brown hair, green eyes, were 6’2” and any other things that can be used to describe the human body.
I am going to start by mentioning some of the things that are considered female in today’s society. Normally women are more socially oriented. They desire to have connections with other people and will go out of their way to make those connections happen. Have you ever seen a woman run across the room squealing with excitement as they see an old friend? I’m gonna be honest… I've definitely done that. Women also tend to be more prone to things like cyberbullying and hurting someone emotionally. This shouldn’t happen but is definitely something I have seen in my own life. You don’t need to be punched in order for something to hurt and make you cry. One last thing I am going to share, women normally will use landmarks in order to give directions. I can tell you exactly how to get to my house using trees, buildings, dirt roads etc, but I can’t tell you how to get there with directions like north, south, 1 mile. Or ½ mile. It just doesn’t work. A lot of other women are similar to me in this way.
Now that we have talked about the woman, let's compare things that we generally associate with men. In contrast to women being social, men normally are very physical. They like to tear things apart and put them back together. They also really enjoy doing sports, or building something from scratch. Men also tend to be more likely to be physically violent. Often you will hear stories of young men who got into a fight at school and punched each other or something like that. While this may seem like a bad quality, there definitely is some good that comes from it. Lastly men are normally really good telling you how to get somewhere saying things like, “Go 5 miles to the Northeast and then turn left. Continue like that for 10 minutes and the house will be on your right. This is good. Lots of people’s minds process things like this and it is very precise and helpful.
Now as I said earlier, these are all general things that people assume belong to men and women personalities. However, I am sure we all know people where this is different. In my life, my father is one. As I mentioned before, people look to the women to be social, but my dad will talk to more people than my mom and I combined in one day. It is very impressive and slightly shocking. Whenever we go to a track meet, it is rare to see my father because he is off visiting with all of his track buddies. He knows so many people and will spend all day with them. My mom on the other hand tends to stick back and let others come to her. I do this as well. The people who we tend to view as different and we kinda ostracize them. This is terrible, but hopefully as we all work together that bullying will be stopped.
As I said in the beginning. We are all built unique with different perspectives and talents to share with each other. If we lock them up then we will never see some of the blessings available to each and every one of us.
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