All
the world's a stage,
And
all the men and women merely players- Shakespeare
After reading the Stryker essay today
and some of the blog posts it really accord to me how much people are just
merely acting a certain type of gender. What defines a women/man? I
believe is a purely social status. We have conformed to what our society see us
as. I had the opportunity to go to the Vagina Monologs this semester. It is so
clear how much they relate to the topic of what constitutes a women or a man.
Also I am an education major and I am proud to say that what defines a man and a
woman are changing. Let me tell you of an example: Every classroom (early
childhood) has a dramatic play area. In my classroom for one of my field experience
the dramatic play is dress-up. In my classroom the dramatic play dress-up is
not just reserved for girls. Some of the clothing for the children to pick fire
fighters, construction workers, fish (and other animals), dresses and other
assortment of clothing. The teachers in that school are teaching the children
that it is OK for a boy to be more feminine and to wear a dress and it is OK
for a girl to be masculine and where a fireman’s uniform. And it is perfectly OK to be a fish wearing a dress with a construction hat. It is ok to be whom or
whatever you feel you need to be, because in the end we are all just faking it
till we make it!
-Sarah Fiorella
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