In many of the stories we have been reading the single story has been the most common thing found in each source. Also the boy and girl gender roles also play out. In "The Stolen Party," after leaving the boys and girls are both handed a bag that goes along with their gender. The boy gets blue and the girl gets pink. The boy gets a yo-yo and the girl gets a bracelet. The girls in the story wear big pink bows and the boys are supposed to act manly and show manly characteristics. On line 92 the magician says to the fat-boy, "You mustn't be so unmanly, my friend." Boys are known to be the manly ones in the house hold, relationship, and everyday scenarios. They play the gender role of "wearing the pants." The single story also takes place in this story. They judge people for being white, Spanish, rich, or poor. On line 22, it says, "she thought it was unfair of her mother to accuse people of being liars simply because they were rich." Her mother judged every rich person for being a liar just because it was the single story she made and the stereotype. Do you think gender roles still take place in our lives today? Does a man always have to be manly? Does our society judge a man if he isn't manly?
Thursday, January 26, 2017
The danger of a single story
In many of the stories we have been reading the single story has been the most common thing found in each source. Also the boy and girl gender roles also play out. In "The Stolen Party," after leaving the boys and girls are both handed a bag that goes along with their gender. The boy gets blue and the girl gets pink. The boy gets a yo-yo and the girl gets a bracelet. The girls in the story wear big pink bows and the boys are supposed to act manly and show manly characteristics. On line 92 the magician says to the fat-boy, "You mustn't be so unmanly, my friend." Boys are known to be the manly ones in the house hold, relationship, and everyday scenarios. They play the gender role of "wearing the pants." The single story also takes place in this story. They judge people for being white, Spanish, rich, or poor. On line 22, it says, "she thought it was unfair of her mother to accuse people of being liars simply because they were rich." Her mother judged every rich person for being a liar just because it was the single story she made and the stereotype. Do you think gender roles still take place in our lives today? Does a man always have to be manly? Does our society judge a man if he isn't manly?
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Yes, I do think gender roles still take place in our society today. For instance, although the men no longer have to be the bread winners now that women have jobs they are still strongly looked to as the manly figure in the household. Society judges men if they are not considered manly, because people view them as men lacking important qualities. For example, the man in the family is the one turned to when something is broken and needs to be fixed, but if he is not manly he would be lacking in the ability to do this job. Personally I feel as though men should not have to always be manly, because men have the same emotions as women and should be able to express them without judgement.
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