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Are America’s boys more confined by gender stereotypes than girls?(Video)

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If a girl wants to try her hand at baseball or ice hockey, she’s likely to be praised as plucky. But if a boy likes the color pink?
Well, that’s a toenail of a different color.

For girls nowadays, it’s OK to play with boys’ toys, dress like boys, talk like them — it’s often encouraged

Boys have to walk a much finer line, and their fathers tend to be more stereotyped, telling them not to deviate from what’s typically seen as masculine.

if a Boy plays with Girl toys hes labeled Gay or a Freak
is this Fair are we Raising Boys to be uncaring insensitive macho men

who think its perfectly normal to Act aggressive and Women are suppose to be Submissive

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Are America’s boys more confined by gender stereotypes than girls?



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  • Lhopital 2012/02/09 11:45:51
    Maybe
    Lhopital
    +5
    I can't speak for anyone else but myself, but my father raised me in the typical alpha-male gentleman mold. He taught me that men have roles in society that they are honor-bound to follow with regard to women and to themselves.

    I know, many people have an immediate knee-jerk reaction to this. My father was horrible. He stifled me; misogynist, etc... Horrible and wrong, correct?

    Without going into everything he taught me, not through macho words or rebuke, but through simple example, I will say this. I had three sisters with whom I played many girl games with. I played Barbies with them. I allowed them to play 'dress up' with me, to put make-up on me and show me off to both my father and mother. I engaged in these activities with their friends on many occasions. My father did not forbid this nor rebuke me for engaging in 'girly' activities. The reason for this was, I was honoring the most important role for a man in society with regard to women. This role is do everything in your power to give the women whom you love in your life joy and to do so with out shame. This isn't a sacrifice, this isn't a chore, this is a privilege of being a proper man.

    Another duty of being a man is to live your life as you so choose without shame and to approach it with valor. If yo...





    I can't speak for anyone else but myself, but my father raised me in the typical alpha-male gentleman mold. He taught me that men have roles in society that they are honor-bound to follow with regard to women and to themselves.

    I know, many people have an immediate knee-jerk reaction to this. My father was horrible. He stifled me; misogynist, etc... Horrible and wrong, correct?

    Without going into everything he taught me, not through macho words or rebuke, but through simple example, I will say this. I had three sisters with whom I played many girl games with. I played Barbies with them. I allowed them to play 'dress up' with me, to put make-up on me and show me off to both my father and mother. I engaged in these activities with their friends on many occasions. My father did not forbid this nor rebuke me for engaging in 'girly' activities. The reason for this was, I was honoring the most important role for a man in society with regard to women. This role is do everything in your power to give the women whom you love in your life joy and to do so with out shame. This isn't a sacrifice, this isn't a chore, this is a privilege of being a proper man.

    Another duty of being a man is to live your life as you so choose without shame and to approach it with valor. If you like the color pink and wearing dresses, then do so and do so proudly and stand up for yourself against any whom challenge you. Being a man is more than what you look like or behaving boorish and aggressive. It is being confident and strong no matter what the situation and to always stand up for yourself and most importantly to be yourself and be courageous enough to do so.

    Unfortunately I believe that most boys are raised by fathers that don't know how to be men. So raising a boy to be a man is beyond their understanding. So these boys aren't raised to be men at all. They're raised to be terrified of what isn't the status quo. They don't stand up for themselves and buckle under peer pressure. They are raised by movies and television who, everyday, reinforces what is and isn't 'manly' so instead of being men they're boys pretending to be what the culture teaches them what a man is.

    Because of this what is and isn't considered to be 'manly' becomes exaggerated. Even those who purport to go against the status quo are only doing so not because they are men but because they're are simply doing what is contrary to what they've been taught by their peers and culture. You can see this by the cultural norms being established by terms like 'metro-sexual', and other such idiotic labels.

    Until boys can live their lives without shame or fear of embarrassment from their immediate peers they will remain boys. When they find confidence to be themselves no matter the outside pressure then they will truly have earned the honor of being a man. Then they can strive to maintain that honor on a daily basis.
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  • 2020TRAV 2012/07/12 18:07:37
    What I think about Gender Stereotypes is
    2020TRAV
    Recently a tiny state-funded daycare in Stockholm was in the news for adopting heterophobic policies including the promotion of gender confusion and homosexuality. The action of a lesbian daycare director with 33 pre-schoolers is not significant. Significant is that the Illuminati mass media heralded it as a "progressive" experiment rather than child abuse. The same thing happened in May when Marxist trendies in Toronto decided to mess with their newborn's mind by denying his/her gender.

    The promotion of heterophobic acts without labeling them as such is a veiled assault on heterosexual society. It is an ongoing psy op designed to destabilize society and weaken its resistance to the NWO. It also reveals the true Communist and satanic nature of the NWO. Yes, the NWO is designed to concentrate all wealth and power on the hands of the Illuminati central bankers. But more than that, it is a state of mind, a satanic spell characterized by homosexuality, pornography, money-lust, violence, deception and death. We are all being inducted into this satanic cult which is based on the Kabbalah.
  • sally 2012/05/17 01:00:07
    Maybe
    sally
    Both genders have their stereotypes the only difference that because society is so used to male stereotypes they don't concieve it as a stereotype but as something "normal" and it makes it much more descrete.
  • Jayfeather 2012/02/28 22:50:51
    no
    Jayfeather
    Double standards are a norm in our society. Both genders have there fair share of confining stereotypes. For a boy, it might be wearing pink, or playing with barbie dolls. For a girl, it might be refusing to shave, or wearing clothes that are too "boyish." The media has given us images of what each gender *should* be like, and children who deviate from that suffer.
  • Mark Da... Jayfeather 2013/03/21 17:31:17
    Mark Daniels
    +3
    just because they are double standards AND they are the norm, which is true, does NOT make that a tradition that needs to be continued without questioning it. Both genders do havee their confining points, and that people who stray from that suffer, but the real question is why, an dwhat is in it for them to treat people who stray to suffer? So having said that I can only surmise you meant that boys don't have it worse when you voted no, that both suffer equally the same. Although I do not agree with you, the logic you share at least makes sense in the answer you provided. however you did say double standards, and if we look at just that, then girls have relatively fewer double standards to worry about than boys do.
  • Jayfeather Mark Da... 2013/04/04 06:11:33 (edited)
    Jayfeather
    Calm down, child. I completely disagree with any kind of stereotyping. The question was not asking what I thought about gender standards in general. The question was, "Do you think America's boys are more confined by gender stereotypes than girls?" The answer I gave was no, because I personally believe that it's about equal.

    For both boys and girls, enormous psychological trauma and self-image issues abound because of societal standards. So they are equal, and even if it could be found that one suffers more than the other( which I do not think is the case at all), it does not matter. All gender stereotypes need to go. No need to pick either male or female standards. The only reason I did not give my overall view was because that wasn't the question.
  • Dawn 2012/02/26 20:45:03
    Maybe
    Dawn
    YES: Because as a man they're suppose to be masculine, a leader, dominant, fearless. And if they do anything "girly" they're labeled as gay, or people (mostly men) think less of them.
    NO: For the following reasons:
    If a boy is "feminine"- gay.
    If a boy's favorite color is pink- gay.
    If a girl is a tomboy- she's a dyke.
    If a girl likes sports- she's a lesbian.
    If a grown man is still single and lives alone- he's a bachelor.
    If a grown woman is still single and lives alone- she's a lesbian.
    The list of stereotypes I'm sure can go on, but ya'll get the picture, right? If a guy likes wearing make-up or dressing like a woman, so what? If a girl wants short hair or she if she wants to play sports or wear cargo-pants- so what? No one said you had to be their friend, and if you don't like it, don't look.

    I grew up a tomboy- I liked cargo pants and hated purses (I still hate purses BTW). I liked playing sports and I liked being active, it was fun. I was comfortable with the guys and didn't have many girl friends because they didn't like that I wore my hair or that I didn't like playing with dolls and talking about my wedding for when I grow up- or I'm assuming that's what girls talk about. I don't know because by the time I had real female friends I was in the 3rd grade. Play...


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    YES: Because as a man they're suppose to be masculine, a leader, dominant, fearless. And if they do anything "girly" they're labeled as gay, or people (mostly men) think less of them.
    NO: For the following reasons:
    If a boy is "feminine"- gay.
    If a boy's favorite color is pink- gay.
    If a girl is a tomboy- she's a dyke.
    If a girl likes sports- she's a lesbian.
    If a grown man is still single and lives alone- he's a bachelor.
    If a grown woman is still single and lives alone- she's a lesbian.
    The list of stereotypes I'm sure can go on, but ya'll get the picture, right? If a guy likes wearing make-up or dressing like a woman, so what? If a girl wants short hair or she if she wants to play sports or wear cargo-pants- so what? No one said you had to be their friend, and if you don't like it, don't look.

    I grew up a tomboy- I liked cargo pants and hated purses (I still hate purses BTW). I liked playing sports and I liked being active, it was fun. I was comfortable with the guys and didn't have many girl friends because they didn't like that I wore my hair or that I didn't like playing with dolls and talking about my wedding for when I grow up- or I'm assuming that's what girls talk about. I don't know because by the time I had real female friends I was in the 3rd grade. Playing dress up and tea party had gone out by then.
    AND like a woman is expected to be, I can be nurturing, I wear make-up, I do my hair, I paint my nails, and when I'm in the mood I do wear dresses and skirts.

    BUT: problem is I am androgynous. But I like it like that. For those of you that don't know what the word means, look it up. I have facial features that don't really scream MAN or WOMAN- depending on what I wear I have been mistaken for a male, and other times it's obvious I'm female. There are women out there like me, and there are men out there with feminine features and are mistaken for females because of how they dress & act.

    The stereotypes go back to times when men and woman had very separate roles that did not integrate at all. Men were hunters, protectors, masculine, strong. Women are viewed as the weaker sex because we're more nurturing & more feminine than males; and it's because of that stereotypes are made. It's not really so much to do with gender, it's what's EXPECTED of that gender.
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  • indiewench 2012/02/12 03:15:14
    yes
    indiewench
    I actually cant stand it. Don't fit the female stereotypes.
  • Jorge Enriquez 2012/02/12 02:51:58
    no
    Jorge Enriquez
    i think both are confined...And All stereotypes turn out to be true. This is a horrifying thing about life......
  • ~Doll Princess~ 2012/02/11 04:10:25
    yes
    ~Doll Princess~
    Girls can be tomboys, have short hair, wear boy-style clothes without a word being breathed to her...But if a guy even wears eyeliner, has an impeccable taste in fashion, and isn't a hairy beast, he's suddenly considered "effeminate" or "Gay" ( most often both!)
  • Pat 2012/02/11 01:27:06
    yes
    Pat
    +1
    Never thought of it before but it's true. For instance, men now become nurses but I'm sure other men probably think they're gay or something. Whereas women become doctors and everyone cheers her on. shouldn't be that way but perhaps it is.
  • Kara ~~~ American Patriot 2012/02/10 03:50:49
    yes
    Kara ~~~ American Patriot
    They are but not as much as 20 years ago.
  • NaruChan 2012/02/09 23:03:25
    yes
    NaruChan
    +1
    It's bad for guys to like pink, it's bad for guys to like to look nice, it;s bad if they don't like sports, etc. But girls? If they don't like "girly" things or if they like more "manly" things, it's just being a tomboy. DOUBLE STANDARDS LIKE HELL. Double standards based on gender are EVERYWHERE man..
  • die Küss der Tod 2012/02/09 12:25:25
    yes
    die Küss der Tod
    I don't understand the reason why we do in the U.S. It's not like having gender roles/expectations really make people that much happier.
  • Lhopital 2012/02/09 11:45:51
    Maybe
    Lhopital
    +5
    I can't speak for anyone else but myself, but my father raised me in the typical alpha-male gentleman mold. He taught me that men have roles in society that they are honor-bound to follow with regard to women and to themselves.

    I know, many people have an immediate knee-jerk reaction to this. My father was horrible. He stifled me; misogynist, etc... Horrible and wrong, correct?

    Without going into everything he taught me, not through macho words or rebuke, but through simple example, I will say this. I had three sisters with whom I played many girl games with. I played Barbies with them. I allowed them to play 'dress up' with me, to put make-up on me and show me off to both my father and mother. I engaged in these activities with their friends on many occasions. My father did not forbid this nor rebuke me for engaging in 'girly' activities. The reason for this was, I was honoring the most important role for a man in society with regard to women. This role is do everything in your power to give the women whom you love in your life joy and to do so with out shame. This isn't a sacrifice, this isn't a chore, this is a privilege of being a proper man.

    Another duty of being a man is to live your life as you so choose without shame and to approach it with valor. If yo...





    I can't speak for anyone else but myself, but my father raised me in the typical alpha-male gentleman mold. He taught me that men have roles in society that they are honor-bound to follow with regard to women and to themselves.

    I know, many people have an immediate knee-jerk reaction to this. My father was horrible. He stifled me; misogynist, etc... Horrible and wrong, correct?

    Without going into everything he taught me, not through macho words or rebuke, but through simple example, I will say this. I had three sisters with whom I played many girl games with. I played Barbies with them. I allowed them to play 'dress up' with me, to put make-up on me and show me off to both my father and mother. I engaged in these activities with their friends on many occasions. My father did not forbid this nor rebuke me for engaging in 'girly' activities. The reason for this was, I was honoring the most important role for a man in society with regard to women. This role is do everything in your power to give the women whom you love in your life joy and to do so with out shame. This isn't a sacrifice, this isn't a chore, this is a privilege of being a proper man.

    Another duty of being a man is to live your life as you so choose without shame and to approach it with valor. If you like the color pink and wearing dresses, then do so and do so proudly and stand up for yourself against any whom challenge you. Being a man is more than what you look like or behaving boorish and aggressive. It is being confident and strong no matter what the situation and to always stand up for yourself and most importantly to be yourself and be courageous enough to do so.

    Unfortunately I believe that most boys are raised by fathers that don't know how to be men. So raising a boy to be a man is beyond their understanding. So these boys aren't raised to be men at all. They're raised to be terrified of what isn't the status quo. They don't stand up for themselves and buckle under peer pressure. They are raised by movies and television who, everyday, reinforces what is and isn't 'manly' so instead of being men they're boys pretending to be what the culture teaches them what a man is.

    Because of this what is and isn't considered to be 'manly' becomes exaggerated. Even those who purport to go against the status quo are only doing so not because they are men but because they're are simply doing what is contrary to what they've been taught by their peers and culture. You can see this by the cultural norms being established by terms like 'metro-sexual', and other such idiotic labels.

    Until boys can live their lives without shame or fear of embarrassment from their immediate peers they will remain boys. When they find confidence to be themselves no matter the outside pressure then they will truly have earned the honor of being a man. Then they can strive to maintain that honor on a daily basis.
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  • ~Doll P... Lhopital 2012/02/11 04:14:41
    ~Doll Princess~
    +1
    Your father raised you right. You know what it means to be man. I wish there were more men like you =]
  • Yuki 2012/02/09 07:44:46
    What I think about Gender Stereotypes is
    Yuki
    People who rise their sons like that, or say that to ANY male child for that matter, shouldn’t be able to breed !!!

    (more potential victims for the sterile bomb)

    Blessings to all,
    and May all be well with you ^_^
  • sjalan 2012/02/08 23:16:46
    yes
    sjalan
    Especially when it comes to perceived orientation simply because of a young mans mannerisms.
  • Inquisitve Kat 2012/02/08 21:38:52
    no
    Inquisitve Kat
    I beg to differ. I think men are AS confined by gender stereotypes, but I don't think they have it any worse (or easier).
  • Katerina 2012/02/08 21:16:46 (edited)
    What I think about Gender Stereotypes is
    Katerina
    I LOVE this song :D





    None of these were stopped from acting and dressing as they wanted.. Where there's a will there's a way ;)

    Feminine men are HOT :D

    Bill Kaulitz Comet 2008 Miyavi femini
    ne Andrey Pejic
    And so are Masculain women ;)
    http://i604.photobucket.com/a...
    5.jpg#Pink%20abs Pink abs
  • ~Doll P... Katerina 2012/02/11 04:15:11
    ~Doll Princess~
    Miyavi and Andrej <3
  • RosaG 2012/02/08 21:13:26
    yes
    RosaG
    +1
    Of course, women have many other problems because they are supposed to act certain ways by society, but when it comes to whether they are accepted more easily if they act like the opposite gender, the answer is 'yes'. It's because of what FoxFairy says. Women are seen as 'less' than men, so a man acting feminine is seen as taking a step 'back'.
  • FoxFairy 2012/02/08 19:42:52
    yes
    FoxFairy
    +2
    Um it all goes back to a time when being female made you 2nd class...so that a woman who acted like a man was more than her gender but, a man who acted feminine was less. Western society has allowed women to step out of the gender roles, and be all they want to be but, has not as of yet afford the same right to men. Oddly enough I think it has to do with what the more traditional members of both genders allow...all too often a woman like the one below is viewed as sexy and powerful while the a man like the one below is seen as comical, sad or even sick...
    woman dressed a
    s%20a%20man
    man dressed as a woman
    I personally think both are sexy in their own way, in part because they are being true to themselves.
  • NaruChan FoxFairy 2012/02/09 23:11:49
    NaruChan
    +2
    Oooh The second one makes a pretty girl too :3
  • FoxFairy NaruChan 2012/02/10 02:12:21 (edited)
    FoxFairy
    +1
    Yeah and hey if he can wear those heels without breaking his neck more power to him..."you go girl."
  • pjwinkler65 2012/02/08 18:39:14
    yes
    pjwinkler65
    Of course, our culture is dominated by small minded ignoramus's
  • LittleMistersMom 2012/02/08 18:25:44
    yes
    LittleMistersMom
    +2
    Little Mister LOVES pink, anything pink. And I don't care. We went to a restaurant not too long ago, and if he's good I let him have 50 cents to get a bouncy ball or whatever out of one of those machines. Anyway, he wanted the pink sparkly one, and that's the one he got! He was so excited, and I think the woman behind me was disgusted. I just shrugged and said "can't tell a kid what his favorite color is!"
  • Kitty Kat 2012/02/08 18:21:10
    yes
    Kitty Kat
    +1
    Personally, if a boy likes pink, more power to him! I don't particularly, but it's a matter of personal taste. I think if a boy wants to do something typically considered feminine he should be praised just as much as his female counterparts.
  • D.C. Willis 2012/02/08 16:17:05
    yes
    D.C. Willis
    That seems to be the case.
  • Lucy Sparkles :3 2012/02/08 16:04:42
    no
    Lucy Sparkles :3
    i dont think so because girls are "supposed" to be smart, pretty, skinny and all-over model citizens which is not usually how it is. boys are "supposed" to just be athletic and basically just good people. not nearly as much pressure.
  • ~Doll P... Lucy Sp... 2012/02/11 04:17:38
    ~Doll Princess~
    It's not about expectations in THAT way it's about whether men are expected to act like men, and if they deviate from the popular opinion of what it means to be a man, then they're not fulfilling their gender role.
  • lizzy 2012/02/08 16:01:16
    What I think about Gender Stereotypes is
    lizzy
    +1
    I mean i think the male gender may get the worst of it but females are not spared. Females are laughed at for taking an interest in male sports, or wearing boy clothes and yes even talking like a boy. Males are laughed at called things like "Fag" and "Gay" for wearing girls clothes, for talking like a girl and doing girls things....in a sense they are at the higher end of the teasing and the laughter, but it hits both genders equally in the end....
  • wtxwoman 2012/02/08 15:37:10
    yes
    wtxwoman
    +2
    Apparently men's egos are much more delicate than womens.
  • JCD aka... wtxwoman 2012/02/08 16:43:20
    JCD aka "biz"
    +1
    Possibly.
  • Mark Da... wtxwoman 2013/03/21 17:42:00
    Mark Daniels
    +3
    that and the fact that if they stray even one bar from the image perpetuated by the media of what a man is "supposed" to be like they get slammed by both other men AND women, who both have bought into that. Too stand up to another fellow is one thing, but society (culture)has also trained men to be very self conscious about their being accepted or not by women. hence the boys hanging against the wall at 8th grade dances. That fear of rejection by the girls is so overwhelming to most. In fact, the 8th grade Lothario who becomes the envy of the boys, and the hearthrob of the girls, because of his confidence, is more than likely to turn out to be the most chauvanistic one of the bunch in the end, probably not that much of a wedding prize unless married to the right kind of girl for him. At a young age he intrinically understands the nature of the beast our culture has created.
  • wtxwoman Mark Da... 2013/03/23 17:26:03
    wtxwoman
    I agree and it is much easier for girls to blur the lines than boys. A 'tomboy' is accepted without a thought, while a feminine boy is ridiculed.
  • wpsark_BN_0 2012/02/08 15:32:11 (edited)
  • ty 2011/05/16 14:24:35
    Maybe
    ty
    idk
  • Paradox25 2011/05/16 06:31:38
    yes
    Paradox25
    +2
    True but politically incorrect to say so. Women are more free to be themselves while men are expected to behave in such a way that conforms with all of the 'stereotypical' images of what a 'real man' should be. Just read any self-help or dating advice drabble out there today to catch just a small glimpse of what I'm saying. I think men themselves however are the blame for this one to a large degree for allowing themselves to be brainwashed. I made a more detailed post to a similar question you posted on this topic so I'm not repeating it here.
  • bashfulsleepy 2011/05/16 04:50:34
    Maybe
    bashfulsleepy
    Like a lot of other things in life, I think it depends on the parents. Not all parents are going to make a big deal if Junior wants a doll or Sissy wants a catcher's mitt.
    That being said I think their is gender related peer pressure for boys to act "macho" and girls to be "pretty". But even peer pressure is somewhat lessened if you have parental support in life.
    I hope this made sense.
  • elijahin24 2011/05/16 03:28:26
    yes
    elijahin24
    +3
    If a girl likes boy things, she's just a daddy's girl. If a boy likes dolls or tea-parties (not the political kind) he's seen as gay, and that is seen as a negative (both of which are fallacies in my opinion). They get stigmatized and bullied if they don't fit gender norms.

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