Gender Roles

Gender roles. A scary thing in the American society in my opinion. The roles of females not only in fairy tales and movies but in real life as well is very degrading. Below is a list of the ideas that we came up with when it came to the roles of men and women in a typical family.

Men
RESCUER
Money Maker
Boss
Punish
Passes on knowledge and name line

Women
Damsel in distress
Cooking
Laundry
Cleaning
Taking care of the kids
"Cheerful"

These are just a few of the ideas that we came up with. My family is the exact opposite when I come to think about it. Everything is really a family effort. If you make the mess you clean it up unless you're sick or are very young. Everybody helps take care of everything. Living in my house is very equal. I mean, we even all do yard work, which is something that is typically known for just the men in the family to do. Heck, I chop wood with the rest of them and have no problem. But, at the same time, the men in my family do have very much respect for women, especially those who are older than them. I think that my family is what every family should be... but that's my opinion.

What I have noticed about many fairy tales as detailed in the article "Experts say fairy tales not so happy ever after" that the man is usually the one rescuing the very beautiful woman, and that the bad people, not only women but men as well, are "ugly". It's putting bad ideas into kid's heads, especially young girl's because they learn to believe that if you're beautiful all the men want to rescue you and will fall head over heels for you... but if you're "ugly" then you're more likely to be the bad guy. I have to say that even in my own stories the main woman character is beautiful but so is the bad woman. Doona (that's the evil woman's name in Diversity) is very beautiful and the man isn't always saving Alanthia. I cant stand the typical "Damsel in Distress" label that so many girls follow now a days!



Well, that's all I have to say... I LOVE YOU ALL!!!