Make It Known
What Have We Learned?
It Leads With A Handout...
Everyone is well aware of the standards held for men/boys, such as the ways the male gender is supposed to behave, the sports that they play, and even what genre of music they listen to. Such standards have been acquired for years by conforming men. With this, we take an image, from a handout written in 2014 in order to help teachers remove the sex bias and sex-role stereotyping that is experienced within the social lives of men and women.
An Everyday Walk
This picture depicts a conforming man and woman walking across the street together. The man is drawn to be dominant as he is holding the woman by her arm, and he is taller as the woman appears to be small and helpless. Just a simple, yet effective way to demonstrate the everlasting affects small road signs can have on a society as people come across them day to day.
[Photo, Husband & Wife Walk...(to divorce court) by Keonl Cabral, licensed under CC by 2.0]
SHE went to Jared.
This video is a commercial from the infamous jewelry store, Jared. The usual tagline in the ending of the commercial is "He went to Jared.", this being because the man is always the one proposing to the woman. In this case, roles are somewhat reversed as it is now the woman buying a diamond ring for herself, and the commercial ends with a new tagline, "She went to Jared." No matter what a small message this commercial is sending out, there is still a larger picture on the dominant male role that is constantly portrayed within these TV commercials. This gives those who watch a subconscious thought about the roles played within relationships between men and women.
Boys do this. Girls do that.
Sexist thoughts haven't just recently begun in the 21st century, but this is when they are finally beginning to be recognized. There was a book published on January 1st, 1970 entitled "I'm Glad I'm a Boy!: I'm Glad I'm a girl!", written by Whitney Darrow. This book, when it was published, gained no back lash as a result because everything written and every picture illustrated was deemed to be true. Fast Forward 45 years and here we are today, with a woman being the lead Democratic candidate for presidency and women soldiers being allowed to gain higher ranks within their branch of military to which they are enlisted in. While these are giant steps forward the fight for equality and the termination of sexism should never stop as accomplishments have been made, but sexism continues to evolve.
What Must Be Done?
Sexism within sons can and has caused greater effects than anyone realizes. Gender conformity is a bigger issue now than it ever has been. Stopping this will require hard work into shaping the minds and society to think of the bigger picture the next time they tell their sons that “Boys don't do that”, but this could only bare positive outcomes in the near future.
Check Out More:
Check out a couple more up-to-date clips on sexist issues being portrayed in a weekly show like NBC's Chicago fire starting at time 37:52. Below that, you can watch a clip created by FCKH8.com which demonstrates little girls utilizing statistical based facts on the inequality gathered from society on the unfair treatment of men and women.
Potty-Mouthed Princesses Drop F-Bombs for Feminism by FCKH8.com