Gender Roles Aren’t Gender Requirement

A gender role is a set of societal norms dictating what types of behaviours are generally considered acceptable, appropriate or desirable for a person based on their actual or perceived sex. These are usually centered around opposing conceptions of femininity and masculinity, although there are myriad exceptions and variations. The specifics regarding these gendered expectations may vary substantially among cultures, while other characteristics may be common throughout a range of cultures. There is ongoing debate as to what extent gender roles and their variations are biologically determined, and to what extent they are socially constructed.

I admit that both positions are created for a specific reason. Women are nurturers while men are protectors. If males and females are move from the roles that God has placed them in then we will end up with a society that is chaotic. There is a reason why males are the head of the family and women are the supporters of the males. Imagine what would happen when we walk if both legs decided to go forward at the same time? Clearly there would be no movement.

However,  I strongly disagree that gender role should be consider as gender requirement in society. Gender role in society can limit people. In other societies, women are unable to follow their dreams because of gender role. They need to stay home, cooking and cleaning, and can’t receive an education. Men are the ones who are supposed to work  and get an education to support the family. Our society is much better at recognizing women and men as being equal. Women don’t need to marry and take care of a house, and men don’t need to support women. Men and women are able go to college and get an education. People are not judged by their gender. They can be known for who they are.

For me, gender roles are outdated and are no longer needed. I believe gender roles are not important to society as once thought. Just because your gender, doesn’t mean that you should have someone else making decisions for you, without you say. Imagine if everyday your parents told you what to wear, who to be friends with, and even who to marry. Just because you a woman, your expected to stay home and sacrifice in the long run what is your health and happiness. While since men are “money makers” they are suppose to get the royal treatment. It’s an old thought that I believe is flat out wrong.

As a  conclusion, I think that gender role is not needed in this day and age. My belief is that everyone has their role and society. They should not and cannot be blocked by gender. Gender roles also limit the dreams of women and men alike, such as men who want to be dancers, women who want to be successful in the world of business, and homosexuals. I believe that in this world of sprouting equality for all, gender roles should absolutely be encompassed. No one should be tethered down to the rope of tradition, it is the time to embrace equality with open arms.

The Dark Side of Nelson Mandela

Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, Transkei, on 18 July 1918. He is a son to Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela and Nonqaphi Nosekeni. Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as the 1^st  President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He died on 5 December 2013 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa at the aged of 95 years old. 

It is true Mandela rose to greatness. Freed after 27 years in a South African jail, the anti-apartheid fighter emerged not bent on vengeance but healing. For many whites abroad, he seems even Christ-like-someone who'd suffered for the sins of white guilt, and absolved those who believed in him of the sin of racism. But Mandela was no Christ nor even Gandhi nor Martin Luther King. He was for decades a man of violence. In 1961, he broke with African National Congress colleagues who preached non-violence, creating a terrorist wing. He later pleaded guilty in court to acts of public violence, and behind bars sanctioned more, including the 1983 Church St car bomb that killed 19 people.

Mandela even suggested cutting off the noses of blacks deemed collaborators. His then wife Winnie advocated "necklacing" instead - a burning tyre around the neck. Mandela argued the apartheid regime left him no option but to fight violence with violence, but it is too easy to claim events proved him right. His legacy is not yet played out. Current president Jacob Zuma until recently still publicly sang the anti-apartheid song, Shoot the Boer, in a still-divided country where many white farmers have been shot.

Mandela's support for other leaders of violence is even less forgivable. He retained close ties to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and backed Palestinian terrorist leader Yasser Arafat. As president in 1997, he gave his country's highest award for a foreigner to Libya's dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who'd donated $10 million to the ANC. He granted the same award to the corrupt Indonesian president Suharto, who he said has donated $60 million. He supported Nigerian coup leader Sani Abacha, refusing to say a word publicly to end the 1995 hanging of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.

I repeat, Mandela did great things. But many of his more radical followers in the West now use that greatness to wash clean his record of political violence and his support for dictators who'd used it.

Why Sexist Language Matters?

Even though decades of feminist consciousness-raising, sexist language still lives in our way of life. Gender-specific heading and pronouns be able to subtly influence sexism as well as our opinion and expectations about sexual category roles and suitable occupations and goals for the sexes.

Sexist language is language that excludes either men or women while discussing a subject that is relevant to both sexes. This includes using the word man to refer to humanity, and using titles like Congressman and fireman. Another common mistake that illustrates gender bias is assuming that the focus of all sentences is male. For instance, the statement "Each student chose his own topic for his term paper," leads the reader to guess that all the students in the class were male, although the possibility that part of them were female.

Basic sexist language is gender bias, which be able to take place consciously or unconsciously. When unconscious, the gender bias in language can be measured to be the product of society: other people use sexist language, and repetition standardizes it until the speaker unconsciously creates his or her own sexist language where men are the norm and women the "other."