Double standards are a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another, as defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary, or in other words, unfair. Double standards can be found as frequently as stop signs on the road. Often times though, we ignore them. If one is to switch lanes while driving but not realize that the lane is occupied, then they can expect a honk. While the driver would be mad at the other car, they would have the same response if the roles were reversed. This demonstrates that we are all so critical of others when in reality we are all faulty. We believe that it is an accident when we do it, but for somebody else, we are in disbelief and we are frustrated …show more content…
When boys share news they are said to be socializing, while girls are said to be gossiping. In the workplace, women commenting on men's physical attributes is ignored and seen as funny or amusing, while a man commenting on a woman is immediately reported to HR and he is under an investigation for sexual harassment. Double standards can also permeate through to parenting. They are not something that parent put on each other, but rather ones society places on them. When men obtain high-level careers they are applauded, while working women are condemned for “not caring for their children” or “keeping to the home”. If a guy chooses to have a night out it is seen as normal, while a girls night out calls for somebody asking, “Who’s watching the kids?” or “Why don't you want to spend time with your children?”. Women are expected to be the watchdogs of the home. They are stereotyped as being maids and mothers. The world seemingly thinks that their lives revolve around their kids, when in fact they don’t. They don't even have to have children! Their success is unfortunately often measured by their kids and their husband. This is not acceptable! Women should not submit to a master, instead, they are their own person with goals, dreams, and aspirations just like the next
Likewise, double standards are present in our everyday life. Double standards can be as simple as who washes the dishes, or as complex as the roles of men and woman.
Women were also led on to believe that housewifery and motherhood were the only two occupations available to them. In most girls’ lives, ...
A positive effect of these standards is having to pressure to do the “correct” moral action when presented in a situation. In the basic example of seeing someone drop a wallet with hundreds of dollars in it, the question of what to do with it stands. In the worst-case scenario, if no one is in sight, the person grabs the wallet and takes it without regards to the responsibility or consequences for the person that lost the money. Although, switching the scenario into a crowd around the person. The same person will look around and double check for their surroundings. Seeing that there are civilians judging at his next action, he will pick up the wallet and go after the person that accidently dropped it. Why? Well because in his mind he knows that if he does the wrong action in front of others, he will be arbitrated as a wrong character in the society he lives. In the long run, it is beneficial, although in this case scenario this fellow was just manipulated by the social order to go against his bad intentions in an example of how pressure from what other’s think influence your
Tannen does a great job linking the differences in communication and her points do feed into and support one another. She argues that boys play with a hierarchal structure and often play games that have winners and losers, while girls tend to play in small groups doing activities that do not have winners or losers. However, beyond statements and description there was very little evidence to back either of these. I also found myself
An argument has been raised that women have to be in charge of their home due to a man’s unwillingness to take over parenting responsibilities. That is quite beneficial to the women’s rights movement for the reason father’s helping a lot more time with children, building a stronger family relationship. Women have been subjected to fit into a certain image to suit society eyes for a long time, one of the main images being a stay at home mom nut they a capable of so much more. Females have more of a broader range of abilities than men do regardless of widespread idea that they are incapable of doing most activities.
In the United States, standards vary depending on ethnicity, age, education, and occupation. For example, African American families are less likely to follow strict gender-role distinctions when socializing their children, whereas Mexican-American families are more likely to highlight gender differences. Divergence between cultures is also clearly seen “in Margaret Mead's study of differences between three primitive tribes. In two tribes both men and women displayed what the Western world considers to be either feminine or masculine characteristics. In a third tribe the genders reversed the traditional Western roles” (Child Psychology Contemporary Viewpoint). However, even in the groups, individual differences in the strength of stereotypes
From the very beginning of history, women were portrayed to be insignificant in comparison to men in society. A woman 's purpose was deemed by men to be housewives, bear children and take care of the household chores. Even so, that at a young age girls were being taught the chores they must do and must continue through to adulthood. This ideal that the woman’s duty was to take charge of household chores was then passed through generations, even til this day. However, this ideology depends on the culture and the generation mothers were brought up in and what they decide to teach their daughters about such roles. After women were given the opportunity to get an education and treated as equals, society’s beliefs undertook a turning point on women’s roles in society. Yet, there still seems to be a question amongst women in search of self identity and expectations from parents.
When you were a kid, your parents most likely told you things like “hold the door open for the person behind you” or “chew with your mouth closed”. Have you ever wondered why you had to do these things? Phrases like these are considered to be social norms. Norms are rules or behaviors that are found acceptable by a society. People should be aware of the norms within their society because there are often sanctions associated with them. If someone follows a norm, they are likely to receive a positive sanction, such as a compliment or a smile. If someone breaks a norm, they could receive a frown or be publicly humiliated. These norms vary among different societies and cultures and can lead to conflict when these different
Since the 1950’s, women have been seen as very dainty and sensitive creatures who are meant to be silent partners to their mates. A woman’s place was in the home-cooking, cleaning and watching after her children. Women were to get up every morning and prepare lunches for their breadwinning husbands, as well as wake and dress the children for school, cook breakfast, do housework and have a hot meal on the table when her husband was to return home. Women have stepped down to their traditional roles as housewife and caretaker, and it has raised many issues in society today. It was considered a woman’s job to be a good cook and be a whiz with a broom, in fact, it is what made them so darn attractive. Times, they are a changing. In fact, the U.S Department of Labor states that in the year 2008, women will make up 48% of the work force. That means that more women will be going to college and getting and education, as well as heading out into the workforce to make a name for themselves.
If you are a boy you usually hand around with guys. playing football, basketball and other sports. A boy is expected to have “Machoness”. inside him when he grows up. If you are a girl, you would usually hang around girls.
The meaning of Auden's demands W.H.Auden was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century literature. Although he was very versatile (he wrote novels, plays, operas, etc) today is best regarded for his poetry. The piece of work I am going to analyze is the poem “Stop all the Clocks”, which has a very traditional metrical pattern (AABB), is written in iambic rhythm, and in which the author opted for an accessible language and concepts to better portray the deep but totally human understandable feeling he tried to express. The poem is about love – even it can be extrapolated to universal love, it is specifically about homosexual love, what is relevant to say because the idea of making it public at that time was, at least, uncommon. Henceforth, I will focus on how the feeling of grief and loss is conveyed by the imperatives, which structure the poem acting as the backbone
Historically, males and females normally assume different kinds of jobs with varying wages in the workplace. These apparent disparities are widely recognized and experienced across the globe, and the most general justification for these differences is that they are the direct outcomes of discrimination or traditional gender beliefs—that women are the caregivers and men are the earners. However, at the turn of the new century women have revolutionized their roles in the labor market. Specifically in industrialized societies, the social and economic position of women has shifted. Despite of the improving participation of women in the labor force and their ameliorating proficiency and qualifications, the labor force is still not so favorable to women. The opportunities available for women in the market are not as diverse as those presented to men. Still, the construct of gender ideology influences how employers undertake economic decisions, and that is why companies still have jobs labelled as “men’s work” and occupations categorized as “women’s work.” Indeed, the pervasiveness of gender differences in labor markets is undeniably true, specifically with respect to salary gap between men and women, occupational gender segregation of men and women, and the challenge that women face in terms of juggling their time and attention between their career and family life.
During the 18th and 19th century, patriarchy has been responsible for designing women’s role in society. Throughout history, men have been deemed as superior while women have been regarded as inferior. Society has this ideology that women are the sole laborers of a household; they were not granted the same privileges as men. In addition, women have been negatively affected by stereotyping. Women have been portrayed on television as being submissive to men. The depiction of women on television portrays the implications of a societal view of women. From a man's perspective, an ideal woman is a housewife who does all the household duties herself. However, over the years, studies have shown that gender roles have slowly advanced. Women began to challenge the traditional gender roles, and they expect that men share employment as well as tending to the household and children. The traditional roles that women were expected to play is now an ideology of the past. There is a double standard set between men and women. Women have come a long way; women began to enter the work force in jobs that men held previously. They have also changed their appearance, attitude and how they are viewed by people. Therefore, women are not to be viewed as inferior. Consequently, women went from being submissive to being assertive, influential, and successful individuals.
In the past, many people believed that women’s exclusive responsibilities were to serve their husband, to be great mothers and to be the perfect wives. Those people considered women to be more appropriate for homemaking rather than to be involved in business or politics. This meant that women were not allowed to have a job, to own property or to enjoy the same major rights as men. The world is changing and so is the role of women in society. In today’s society, women have rights that they never had before and higher opportunities to succeed.
The roles women typically play in the family may not always be consistent with success in the occupational arena. Staying home to care for a sick child may conflict with an important meeting (Broman 1991:511). Sometimes there has to be a change of plans when it comes to the family. Most people believe that family comes first no matter what. Men 's engagement in paid work fulfills prescriptions of hegemonic masculinity by facilitating their ability to gain status in the public sphere. A man can judge his worth by the size of a paycheck (Thebaud 2010:335). Most research shows that women are more likely to be effected by the household and men are more likely to be effected by their job. Some people feel that the goal is to reach higher on the occupational