I do believe that there is a correlation between coercion and gender norms. In the society that we live in today, we are taught sexist ideals from media, family, and sometimes even friends on a daily basis. Unfortunately, for a majority of my life I grew up thinking strictly by gender norms. For example, my clothing- if I do not dress "girly" then I will not be liked by boys. However, I soon began to realize that women are not objects for men- we are equal, leading to me becoming a feminist. I think that gender roles are instilled in every person around the world due to our past history and how it continues to flow into our modern world and sadly will not disappear anytime soon.
Judith Butler states that "...he walks with what we call a
“swish”—a kind of . . . his hips move back and forth in a “feminine” way". This displays gender norms and how being "feminine" is an insult and seen as being weak. Tragedies have and continue to emerge because of people criticizing others for their sexuality and essentially not complying to their gender norms, and for some reason, feel the need for them to be eliminated, as like the boy who Judith Butler spoke of.
I fully agree with you on how gender norms have played a factor in our daily lives since our childhood as well as the strength of gender norms due to it's presence in our long history. I'm sure all of us have witnessed a man or woman being ridiculed for not acting "normal". This, in turn, strongly discourages us from acting anything other than how society expects us to.
ReplyDeleteI agree you both nimrod and demi gender norms has played a factor in our daily lives especially through social media. I believe social media plays a key role in putting negative thoughts into children's heads. I believe that gender norms will always be around but it's up to us to determine how it's going to be observed
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