Gender Roles

Gender Roles

Sunday, December 6, 2015

The patriarchy isn't just harmful to women!

          Women might be the face of feminism, but they aren't the only one who go through these kinds of things. One thing is that men are also supposed to have the same general characteristics. We men are expected to be strong and masculine, but why should that matter to us, there are so many other characteristics that men can have other than being strong. This whole concept is very sexist and stupid, because you don't have to be strong or big and masculine to be a man!
         


          I found this in an article called "6 Ways The Patriarchy Is Harmful To Men, Because Feminism Isn;t Just For Women," which shows how women aren't the only ones who suffer the patriarchy, because men are always being told that they should be strong and to not show feelings. I found a quote from this article..."The standards for men are just as poisonous: From birth, men are discouraged from showing emotion, which is seen as a feminine attribute — boys don't cry, right?" I strongly support this quote because it lets others how we are effect by the patriarchy as much as women are, and that we all suffer from it equally. I think that the whole idea of patriarchy is dumb because no one benefits from it, and in the end everyone is damaged by it, because it only brings our pride, in who we are, and in our gender down!  

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