A Feminism Post!
Though I am obviously procrastinating the entry I still have to write, here's an article I ran across that exactly expresses thoughts I've had lately about gender "norms" for boys and girls:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/health/boys-girls-gender-norms-parenting-strauss/index.html
I have thought about it that one time when a male worker at the library pulled away 2-year-old Will's coloring sheet of Rapunzel and replaced it with a monster truck. I thought of it at a unicorn-themed birthday party Will just attended, where all the girls were given sparkly headbands with unicorn ears and rainbow bangs attached, and the boys given some paper party hats--I watched a little boy ask if he could have some of the obviously cooler unicorn ears and he was told they were for the girls. And while I feel injustice from those examples, I also feel the hypocritical prejudice in myself that recoils at boys in sparkly unicorn sweatshirts and men wearing makeup (though I am hugely in favor of boys/men who utilize their nurturing/domestic sides). But it DOES almost feel a loss to feminism that our whole purpose is to become more like men, while "feminine" traits are unwanted and discarded by both genders. I would be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on it!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/health/boys-girls-gender-norms-parenting-strauss/index.html
I have thought about it that one time when a male worker at the library pulled away 2-year-old Will's coloring sheet of Rapunzel and replaced it with a monster truck. I thought of it at a unicorn-themed birthday party Will just attended, where all the girls were given sparkly headbands with unicorn ears and rainbow bangs attached, and the boys given some paper party hats--I watched a little boy ask if he could have some of the obviously cooler unicorn ears and he was told they were for the girls. And while I feel injustice from those examples, I also feel the hypocritical prejudice in myself that recoils at boys in sparkly unicorn sweatshirts and men wearing makeup (though I am hugely in favor of boys/men who utilize their nurturing/domestic sides). But it DOES almost feel a loss to feminism that our whole purpose is to become more like men, while "feminine" traits are unwanted and discarded by both genders. I would be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on it!