Gender

Blog 10 Ive never realized how judgemental our society is on gender especially on boys more than girls. Many of the things that we have been talking about in class have helped me come to realize this. For example when we split up toys by gender and realize that it would be ok for a girl to play with a toy that is for boy but would just be looked at as a girl who is athletic or classified as a "tomboy". Which is normal and a girl would not be harrassed or called any names for playing with toys that are for boys. But if a boy was to play with barbies or play dress-up and wear a dress he would be classified as "gay". The boy would be humiliated at school and some parents would even be ashamed of their kid and not allow it. I thought this was very intresting that our society is more harsh and judgemental on young boys than girls. Just because a boy wears a dress doesnt mean he is gay, kids go through many phases when they our young.