Cuckoo 4/24

First off I really enjoyed today’s class……

Gender issues are something that woman have to fight against everyday. When it comes to jobs we have to fight harder to get the same job as a man even if we are more qualified because people do not like the idea of woman having power (I know this isn’t true in all cases but believe it to be true in many). In high school I did a project at a magazine and noticed that the majority of the higher jobs were held my men. This notion that men have to support the family and have the dominant voice is something that has been instilled into us since we were younger. Looking back to middle school I have always noticed that girls talk more when guys are not present. This is something that my school clearly noticed as well, there were times they would dived our class up based on gender because girls would learn better in environments with out guys.

I have noticed this to be true. My freshman year I was in art class that was manly upper classman guys, I think that there were three girls. Everyday going to that class I was so intimidated, I would keep to myself and do my work. It didn’t help that I am not one to talk all the time, but even the one sr. girl who was in the class and was close to the majority of the guys did not say much. They dominated the conversation. At times they would taunt me about why I didn’t talk a lot and I would quietly answer the continue on with my work. If this was a group of girls I know that I would talk more, I played varsity sports through out high school so as a freshman I was surrounded by older girls and while I did keep to myself I spoke up more and was not immediate by them.

This idea that men are suppose to be more dominate has been instilled in us since we were young. It is hard to break away from something that we have known for so long. So as we grow older we are still trying to fight to be heard or have more power because of precedent. It is because of the past that many people fall into what other see fit for woman to do because they are scared to step out of the boundaries that have been set. This was clear in class when some of them were frustrated that they could not talk. By placing this restriction on them I think made some of them possible want to talk more because they power to talk was taken away. They ability to dominate a conversation wasn’t possible.

Going on to talk about working in a group of guys and them dominating is true, in the aspect of them not willing to listen to what the girls always have to say. More often than not when I am working with guys they like to take control by telling everyone what needs to be done and rarely like to listen to the opinions of others.