Those responses, however, usually provoke conflict as they have different meanings. For women, a minimal response of this type means only that she is listening. For men, instead, it means that he is agreeing. So, women will get upset with men who never seem to listen and men on the other hand, will think that the woman is always agreeing and then, changes her mind! It is often explained that the different roles in speech are caused by the social system which gives men the control, and makes women
While the female athlete receives some positives through their participation in sport, their abilities are constantly being downplayed in order to emphasize their femininity. With this in mind, the American sport culture takes away from the female athlete’s ability by accentuating their female characteristics in an attempt to satisfy the gender norms. Female athletes struggle to balance the many facets of their identity while maintaining their stereotypical gender role, which commonly takes away from their athletic identity and performance. The female athlete must embrace and portray many masculine characteristics such as power, aggression, and strength in order to be successful. One reason to explain this is pointed out by the noted author and professor of sociology Judith Halberstam as she states, “Gender is a social construct” (119).
Nevertheless, it seems that he could not escape the dominant philosophy of his own society that women were the weaker sex. The question is why? Why did More believe that giving more rights and power to women would contribute to the creation of a perfect society? Also, why, yet giving women more rights and power than they usually would be given, he still maintained the patriarchal values of the sixteenth century? Even in the perfect Utopian world of Thomas More, the social status of women, the role they played in society and the general way they were treated, were influenced by the dominant view of the society at that time and by his own personal values.
As Sandberg and Chavez write in their article there is deep-rooted stereotypes- we expect boys to be confident and leaders, but if a girl acts like that, we do not like this. All these expectations and stereotypes make life harder for women. In addition, women still need to fight for equality. In today society is harder for women to
Although critics disagree on how the vastly different gender perceptions within the play are used to portray the theme of women’s power within law and justice, all of their arguments tie back to the fact that the women in the story act as a surrogate for the female society of that time, showing them that they have more power than they realize. Phyllis Mael asserts in "Trifles: The Path to Sisterhood," that the evolution of the women's relationships from acquaintance to co-conspirators illustrates the female psyche. Mael says the she feels the play's "moral dilemma" stresses the inherent differences between male theoretical sense of morality and female sensitive ethical sense which includes "moral problems as problems of responsibility in relationship" (Mael, 282-83). Although the women draw closer to solving the crime as the men, using "abstract rules and rights," make comments that "trivialize the domestic sphere," ethical agreement comes only after Mrs. Peters moves from "acquiescence to patriarchal law" to
For example, cultural feminists look to the different values associated with womanhood and femininity as a reason why men and women experience the social world differently. Other feminist theorists believe that the different roles assigned to women and men within institutions better explain gender difference, including the sexual division of labor in the household. Existential and phenomenological feminists focus on how women have been marginalized and defined as the “other” in patriarchal societies. Women are thus seen as objects and are denied the opportunity for self-realization. Gender Inequality: Gender-inequality theories recognize that women's location in, and experience of, social situations are not only different but also unequal to men's.
Men and women both feel they deserve more credit for what they do, that others don’t listen and that nothing goes as fast and/smooth as it should. Everyone has their own communication style, rather it be up front and straight to the point or beating around the bush to make a point. According to Deborah Tannen, linguistics professor and author of You Just Don’t Understand, believes males and females have a difference in focus. Men converse with a focus on obtaining social status and avoiding failure. Women focus on having more of a personal connection, and try to avoid social isolation.
They have to deal with sexuality and advances from men based on their gender. They learn to cope and deal with motherhood and the trials that go along with having babies which sometimes can take tolls on their bodies even making them feel unwanted at times. That is why I would say that in general girls are better and smarter than boys even though they may not have the physical strength of boys they defiantly are the stronger minded due to their ability to adapt to or overcome most obstacles of life. Americans also hold many ideas about race. Some may believe in an old fashion way as “Only intermingle with your own kind”.
While equality as a general rule has become more prevalent in society there are still stereotypes that women are encouraged to follow. These stereotypes can stunt the social developmental growth of women. Still to this day women are considered the main caregivers in households and are frowned upon when this does not always prove to be the case. There are also still many stereotypes concerning how a woman should dress, look, and the jobs that they should hold in society. This thinking has caused much heartache for young women across the world and could be rectified by further studying the differences between men’s and women’s social development.
We as a society may change things, such as laws and how we view women in the workforce, but sexism will always be a part of our society because of stereotyping and men will downplay women in any way we see fit to hold them at a lower lever, because they need power. Men want to feel superior. To give a historical example, jobs that were once held by men, but became dominated by women, wages declined as women became more numerous. This devalued the work that women do both in dollar terms and in more subjective perceptions (pg 276). This issue leads to discrimination against men in the workforce, but this type of discrimination is "positive discrimination" as far as modern feminism is concerned.