One thing that Women Gender Studies has done for me is making me more aware of the stereotypes men and women are put in the moment we are born. Every day I am reminded of gender social norms whether it’s on television, I am walking to class, in the dining hall, etc. Towards the beginning of the quarter we read a few articles on gender social norms where examples were given of when babies are born girls are put in pink clothes and boys in blue. There was also an article on parents having a kid where they did not tell anyone the sex of it and let the baby dress and play with whatever he wanted. These articles are examples of when we are little, but there were also some of when we are adults. Articles of women getting discriminated in the workforce and how they should be stay at home moms taking care of the house and children. There were also examples of men being stereotyped into being the source of income for their wife and family.
An example of me realizing the gender social norms in my everyday life is this Tide commercial. This commercial is about a “dad-mom” doing laundry and taking care of the children. This really caught my attention because the husband is a stay at home dad but they have to call him a “dad-mom” in the commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1qW7Po-1KI
As I was looking this video up on youtube it was kind of humorous reading some of the comments under the video. Even though some of them were funny, some people did post some valid points like “he's a "dad-mom" so we don't forget that laundry is women's work”, and “I'm a stay at home dad, not a dad mom. seriously Tide? who is this ad supposed to appeal to?”
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