I would have wrote about A Thousand Splended Sun but I am in the process of reading it so I am going to talk about sexism from a male point of view.
Sexism is typically given as a unfair advantage for males from the female perspective, however, this seems to be pointing the finger at men and blaming the male sex but a better way to put the sexist plight is to say women have an unfair disadvantage. I am not arguing whether or not sexism is a problem in today's society, just the phrasing and the protesting that happens. If there truely is a disadvantage, then state it like that. The male sex has noted fored this on women, it is a social problem and the whole society is not to blame. The Awakening and A Doll's House puts hte blame on the men, says that men have an unfair advantage and that men supress women. This really isn't case, women, if anything, have an unfair disadvantage from birth and this is because of nature and nuture.
Nature wise, testostorne is the major difference between men and women. Testostorne causes hightend rage and anger and will supress sadness and cortasil, a stress and worry hormone. Testostorne also allows for larger muscle mass and a bigger frame for physical superioty. Estrogen, the femal hormone, is more connected to childbirth and causes bigger mood swings and more attention to sadness and compasion. There are different connections and the brain for these emotions and men are more left side dominate and women are more right side dominate, from birth.
Nurture can be explained by the leader v dead even philisophy. Dead even is where females use dolls and certain games where all members are even in rank and power and this explains why women will tear each other down if one gets further ahead. Males play sports and games where there is a leader and boys happily conform to that leader and that is why males can easily be lead by a fellow male.
Sexism may stil be a problem, but it is not blamable on men, it is an unfair disadvantage to females caused by the whole society.
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actually, cortisol is associated with stress and anger and many people with anger "problems" and the like can be tested and found with naturally high levels of the hormone.
ReplyDeletei saw you write this in AP stat. good job, i too see sexism as an unfair ploy you can't really blame all on men
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ReplyDeleteSo, Mr. Bubbles, you're saying that women could not hold public office, study at the university level, or have legal custody of their children because they had two X chromosomes instead of an X and a Y. Last time I checked, discrimination had more to do with prejudice than estrogen levels. Furthermore, by claiming that women "will tear each other down if one gets further ahead," you are displaying both your ignorance of sociology and your lack of observation in everyday life. Does Pattie go after Melissa when Melissa gets higher grades? No. Do I get upset at Sarah because Sarah can play tennis better than I can? No.
ReplyDeleteSTOP GETTING SO DEFENSIVE ABOUT SEXISM- NO ONE IS BLAMING YOU FOR THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST!
I am blaming you for posting an inadequatly researched and poorly spelled monthly connection, but I'm not blaming you for my great-grandmother not being allowed to vote.
Ryan,
ReplyDeleteYour title addressing Sexism from a "male point of view" is at the heart of our problem. Every one of us should have the exact same point of view about Sexism- that it is wrong. I am not sure why you insist on making this an us v them issue and taking a defensive position about sexism.
Your complaint about phrasing is funny to me, because the dictum of women's rights IS that women have an unfair disadvantage! That IS the argument Ryan! If anyone has turned this into a blame game, it has been you and the others who have taken the defensive. No one has said that men had unfair advantages, the arguments have been that women did not have the same advantages.
Susan B. Anthony said "The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less." That is the true women's rights argument and one I hope we all agree with. Why must you present "Sexism from a male's point of view" as if we are on different sides here?
The Awakening and A Doll's House DO NOT place the blame on the men! They place the blame on the societal constraints and portray men in the role society has doled out to them and women trying to fight against the role society doled out to them. Neither have any of your female classmate, nor myself, placed blame on men. If anything, I feel we have gone out of our way to assure you that we are not blaming you.... so can we please get the ego-assuaging out of the way and have debates about real issues? If you or any of your classmates are still feeling "blamed" you need to ask yourselves why and examine yourselves, because that defensiveness is coming from something inside of you, not from an outside stimulus.
I have to agree with Elise that I'm not sure what point you are trying to make with the hormones. Your physical strength vs my lack of physical strength or my willingness to cry vs your "natural" instinct to act out in rage (other debates about this will follow) has nothing to do with our rights to make our own decisions, be lawyers, doctors, politicians, purchase homes, vote etc. I never understand why that argument is brought up.
As far as "nuture," what you are describing is a societal issue. This type of "nurturing," dolls vs. sports etc., is a symptom of a society that perpetuates gender discrimination.
Studies have shown that there is nothing "natural" about girls playing only with dolls and boys playing only aggressive and active games. When given the choice, both genders will gravitate towards both choices.
I am forced to echo Elise-- Your, and some of your classmates, insistant defensiveness about sexism is not only unfounded- no one has blamed you- but counterproductive to the analysis of these texts. I also think it is a self-imposed barrier towards your understanding of these characters in an unbiased manner. The last statement in your monthly connection is one that everyone in class, and myself, agrees with. Moving on, please for the love of god.
That being said.... <3 ya!
Well, first, Elise, i cant spell to begin with so HA. Second, that is not what i meant at all. This does not apply to all females, but what does happen is this, let us take a normal office setting, women stab each other in the back more so than men, men will typically show their hatered of each other openly. Women can and should have rightful positions of power, it is just how each sex deals with problems with each other and authority figures, Ms Demers, your response is twice as long as my acutal connection, so i wont even bother trying to respond in typed form.
ReplyDeleteHey! Don't blow me off! ;-)
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Could it be possible that men and women are both born with the same drive to succeed, the same amount of competitiveness? But while males are raised to compete and conquer, females are taught that it is "unfeminine" to compete and conquer in this same way. Yet this competitive drive still remains without a healthy outlet, meaning females will have to find a more subversive manner to compete. Females must compete and preserve the appearance of being "feminine." If a woman did compete in an office setting in the same way you describe men competing- you would probably have some not-so-nice comments about her... and certainly wouldn't consider her "feminine." There, nice and short :-)
I did say that is was a nurture thing. We do not know fully why this happens, but your theory could be a possibility. Sexism and racism will never go away, it can never be erracticated. As long as there are two people on earth, there will be some kind of predejuice (i have no idea how to spell it) we cannot explain why it happens. We as a society can try to lessen as much as possible but trying to change peoples minds as an adult is popserous becaouse by the age of 4 or 5, 99% of a that person's thoughts and perciptions on the world has been decided.
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