The stereotypical image given to a woman is average height, skinny, with blonde hair, and a French manicure. They are incapable of doing any kind of manual labor and only care about how they look. Women are dumb and have no common sense. Women are used to cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, and sex. All they want to do is shop. They are weak, sensitive and cry too much.. Not to mention overly emotional. They’re hormonal. People stereotype women as everything but smart, hardworking, loving, intelligent, determined people.
Women are stereotyped every single day, whether it’s in the workplace, walking down the street, or a joke made by someone else. Nothing is more annoying than having standards set lower because of our gender. Just because we are women, doesn’t mean we are incapable of doing things or not doing them as well as men. Jobs like police officers, firefighters, and prison guards. People lack the power of women in these jobs specifically and a lot of other jobs as well. The requirements for these jobs are different for men and women. I know it’s more likely for a man to lift more than a woman but it doesn’t mean that women are not able to do it. Women aren’t considered anywhere near as physically equal as men are in today’s society.
Nobody should doubt the power of women. Yeah, so what a woman might not beat you in lifting weights, or she might not be able to run as fast as a guy but that doesn’t mean women aren’t as good as men, but that’s not what matters. Never underestimate a woman. Without us, men wouldn’t survive. We cook, we clean, and we love. People can bash women all they want but we are a lot stronger, smarter, and intelligent than some people us credit for.
I don't understand, "People lack the power of women in these jobs specifically and a lot of other jobs as well." The word "power" has many possible meanings. Are you trying to say,
ReplyDelete"When women are working as police officers, firefighters, and prison guards, they do not have the strength and physical abilities to succeed"?
Or are you trying to say,
"Society would be better off if women worked alongside men in these occupations (as well as other jobs)"?
I think the last part of your argument is hypocritical. You start out saying,"women are used to cleaning, doing laundry, cooking." And then you end by saying, "we cook, we clean and we love." I think reinforcing the stereotype you are arguing against makes your argument weak.
ReplyDeleteI also don't understand who your audience is- is this directed toward men? If so, I think you should revise your argument to not be stereotypical toward men. This is kind of a circular argument- you're arguing against the stereotype that men stereotype women- which is a stereotype of men.
Maybe you should focus more on American culture and what we find attractive instead and why. Furthermore, men are victims of stereotyping as well. The idea of being the "bread winner, macho man" has caused anxiety for American men for decades.
I think a shift or redirection in your post would make your argument a lot stronger and unique.
I understand what countrylover is trying to say, but it comes out odd. I support your position, except when you say "Without us, men wouldn't survive." Women give birth to us, but after that a man could take care of a baby boy just as well as a mother can. So it is not fair to assume we need women to survive.
ReplyDeleteTo go along with what brighteyes said, you should explain what culture you are talking about. The way women are treated all over the world varies. I have a feeling you are talking about women in America, but if not you should explain it. Though this might be a case for women in other cultures and not just American.
I had few problems with the argument until you got to the police, firefighters and prison guards part. I am a woman, and yes, I feel that there is a disparity between equal rates of pay, and there is some stereotyping. However, I do not agree that most women can excel at being a prison guard or a firefighter (my argument will be particularly at the firefighter one). I worked at a fire department. I got to witness many of the training scenarios they have to do, and I can honestly say that I only know one woman who can do the physical part of that job. Say another firefighter is trapped in a building... his comrades need to go in and pull him out. How do they do that? Well they lift the dead weight of their friend, PLUS his equipment off the floor and then carry him out, sometimes through a window, then handing him off to another who has to hold the unconcious man and keep him from falling off a ladder. Like it or not, humans are physiologically built a certain way. Physically the majority of women will be smaller and weaker than men. It's not for lack of want or trying, it's how nature built us. Work around it. Work with it. It's nature.
ReplyDeleteAs a woman, I don't completely agree with this. Yes, this all may have been true decades ago, but today, it is not. Although, women may not be completely equal in every aspect as men, we are no longer presented with this stereotype. There are many successful women such as Oprah who have deeply influenced this country. Women are no longer limited to cleaning, cooking, laundry, and sex. We are now known to do much more than that.
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