Gender Roles: Let's Abandon Silly Rules

Gender is a social contrast, an idea more than anything else. And yet we let the sex that another person was born as decide how we judge, and perceive them. Society has conditioned children to assume at an early age that gender is in black and white terms, male or female, and that each of the two genders has a role to play in society that should not be ignored. According to the one of the most popular search engines Google, gender is defined as “The state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).” This definition further proves that gender is a social construct, meant to show the difference between males and females, and to create for them a society based solely on the sex they were born as. People argue that gender roles impose no harm and they are simply there to “help” people better find their place in society. But what effects are

This type of gender stereotyping is clearly due to gender roles, women are in the kitchen and men are in the work place. Moreover, in a similar article in The Washington Post “I’m an Engineer, Not a Cheerleader. Let’s Abandon Silly Rules about Gender Roles." author Sara Sakowitz, explains her teenage struggles with gender roles and how people perceive her based solely on the fact she is a woman. Sakowitz states that “Instead of imaginary genetic weaknesses, girls battle false portrayals of female scientists in the media and fight against the unconscious, unspoken rule that only men belong as the leaders of the world” (Sakowitz 1). Both articles explain the struggles that women face due to gender expectancy, and covey a compelling point that gender roles are getting us nowhere. Overall, gender roles are an unnecessary thing. Instead of arguing whether or not they cause harm to individuals we should look for a way to fix them. We should encourage boys to cry and show their emotions, and encourage girls to have any job