Today, May 27, I and my classmates was listening the teacher, Robin Echtle talk about the Gender box in senate room. She and some listener discuss about the gender. She elicited ideas from the audience the stereotypical qualities of "Men/Boys", stereotypical qualities of "Women/Girls”, such as: some participants said that men or boys often have some characteristic, such as: adventurous, lazy, devious, playful, wild, daredevil, immature, talkative, take charge, aggressive, attentive... In contrast, women or girls are often responsible, sexy, sassy, fickle, sensitive mature, subservient, conservative, noisy, bright, sneaky, itch, co-dependent, supportive, etc. I think that not only in the US but also in my country, people often think about men and women these features above that she and somebody mentioned. However, I think that women in the US are more active and stronger than my country. Women can also handle the important positions in social. I said that they are strong because I saw that in my country if women divorce with their husband, sometime they can’t stand and feel ashamed. In addition, she also described three ways by which we can define our gender, both ways that we choose and ways that we don't choose: biology, gender identification, and sexual identification. Actually, in my opinion, I often define gender of anybody by biology. However, some mans or women have actions opposite with their gender. In this situation, some people often say that you look like a girl although he is a man. The teacher also asked we feel when somebody told that you are not a real girl or real man. Some students said that they will be sad or angry, disappointed or something like that. With me, I don’t know because I never have the same situation. However, if having somebody told me that, I will answer: “I understand myself”. Although I cannot understand the whole of her idea, maybe I also understand more about gender in the US. She also presented a lot of things, but I just understand something above. :) I hope that if you understand more, you can share with me because I need information to write essay. Thank you so much!!!!!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Gender Box!
Today, May 27, I and my classmates was listening the teacher, Robin Echtle talk about the Gender box in senate room. She and some listener discuss about the gender. She elicited ideas from the audience the stereotypical qualities of "Men/Boys", stereotypical qualities of "Women/Girls”, such as: some participants said that men or boys often have some characteristic, such as: adventurous, lazy, devious, playful, wild, daredevil, immature, talkative, take charge, aggressive, attentive... In contrast, women or girls are often responsible, sexy, sassy, fickle, sensitive mature, subservient, conservative, noisy, bright, sneaky, itch, co-dependent, supportive, etc. I think that not only in the US but also in my country, people often think about men and women these features above that she and somebody mentioned. However, I think that women in the US are more active and stronger than my country. Women can also handle the important positions in social. I said that they are strong because I saw that in my country if women divorce with their husband, sometime they can’t stand and feel ashamed. In addition, she also described three ways by which we can define our gender, both ways that we choose and ways that we don't choose: biology, gender identification, and sexual identification. Actually, in my opinion, I often define gender of anybody by biology. However, some mans or women have actions opposite with their gender. In this situation, some people often say that you look like a girl although he is a man. The teacher also asked we feel when somebody told that you are not a real girl or real man. Some students said that they will be sad or angry, disappointed or something like that. With me, I don’t know because I never have the same situation. However, if having somebody told me that, I will answer: “I understand myself”. Although I cannot understand the whole of her idea, maybe I also understand more about gender in the US. She also presented a lot of things, but I just understand something above. :) I hope that if you understand more, you can share with me because I need information to write essay. Thank you so much!!!!!
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Did you find it interesting to hear Americans talking about this topic? Did it seem different from how people talk about this topic in Vietnam?
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you understood the lecture quite well! :)
After I read some blog of my classmates, I understand more. I also interested in this topic, and maybe it has some difference with my country.
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