(Source: thefeistyfemale)
Article on Gender Roles
One Teacher’s Approach to Confronting Gender Bullying A beautiful read of what one teacher kid to help her third grade class confront all of the bullshit fed to them by the media.
Im tire of seeing the “when did this… become hotter than this?” pictures everywhere. Everyone is beautiful in their own way. Yes, i am sorry that media has portrayed the wrong idea of body image, and this is shown above. But those skinny, beautiful ladies struggle with this too.
(Source: infinitelyseekingwisdom)
- Makeup’s origins can be traced to ancient Egyptian men
- Why is it okay for men to wear makeup if they’re acting but not otherwise?
- Why is it not okay for women to not wear makeup?
- Health teacher: So today we'll be talking about gender roles. What qualities make a girl a girl, and a boy a boy. Raise you hand and tell me what you think these qualities are.
- Class: *chattering*
- Me: I don't believe in gender roles.
- Teacher/Class: wat.
- Me: Yeah, I don't believe in separating what girls and guys can wear, act like, or do, etc. I don't think it's particularly fair to always have to fit into the role that our gender has been given. All it does is put pressure on us and make us feel confused or depressed. Everyone's different, and I don't think I should have to fit into someone else's definition of what it means to be a girl, although in my opinion, it's worse for guys. Girls typically have more freedom with what they can do that is socially accepted, but guys have the strictest "gender role" that they feel the need to fulfill, which quite frankly, I find ridiculous.
- Teacher: ...
- Classmate: Holy crap. You can talk?
- Me: ... *awkward shimmy into my seat*
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Please hear her, she is amazing.
(Source: skaisnotdead)
