Sunday, February 12, 2012

What is a man/woman?

Woman consider men to be strong, handsome, intelligent, and independent while men consider woman to be dependent, submissive, and emotional. I think society has to much power and influence when it comes to defining what it is like to be a man or woman. Take the word woMAN, man is included in the word expressing that woman are a weaker version of a man. We cant have our own category in anything. Biologically there were two sides; the egg was portrayed as strong and agressive while the sperm swam and was captured by the egg and the other understanding was that the egg is just a big round shape waiting for the sperm to penetrate it. Which sounds to be like in reality, the woman waits for the men to bring in the money and other essential needs of life. I feel that ideologies impact my view of what it is to be a woman or man because majority of us satisfy those roles and expectations so I do too. I want a strong, agressive, intellegent, independent man!

1 comment:

  1. It is important to notice, as you are doing, how ideologies impact our ideas of gender. I wonder what do men and women think of themselves? What about self definition?

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