Though it is a common and familiar topic among us, I still want to express my opinin. Most of time, my friends say I am open to accept new things. However, referring to the gender roles, I still have some traditional thoughts in my mind.
For men, they are still the main force in the society and could be the winners in most fields. they should take more responsibilities for the society and are required to strong enough to support the whole family, No matter whether his wife could earn money or not. If a man has no work to stay at home and bring babies up, I think the man could get successful all his life, and he would be looked down on. However, to be frank, I do not deny that there are really men like that and the phenomenon has become common. I just hold my original thoughts and have no comments. Man must be competitive and powerful while working, and can be calm to control the situation facing terrible conditions, and true man can always show their gentle characters and logical mind instead of fear and cowardice.
For women, on the one hand, though they are asking for equality all the time, it is fact that they are kind of weak in some extend, perhaps at the ability, or strong feelings or something else. And in the reality, I can find the successful women anywhere, but the number still takes the minority. On the other hand, I do not support the idea that women should be stay at home to take care of babies or do the chores as well. They also should have their own career in some field.
Sometimes, people think that my idea is so controversial, but I always consider that the society is developing and the roles should be changed to a better direction that people can get better life. And I hope one day we could build up a real balance between men and women to let the world developed more quickly.
I agree with you. Even though the old-fashioned gender-roles expectations are challenged deeply and widely for the significant development of our society, males still dominate the world. However, to dominate means to bear pressure, work hard, fight and sometimes, to die. There must be someone to do such things, whatever. So I thinks, if some people want to, just let them go. If nobody, there are still enough male people.
ReplyDeleteThough gender roles have changed a lot in the contemporary world, I do not think that the different between the roles of male and female will disappear. Male and female are born differently and they have distinct strength and weakness. I fully agree with you that we should build up a balance with it.
ReplyDeleteNature or God has made us what we are: males to provide the sustenance and female to give birth and look after the young. Gender roles may shift and be refined as society evolves, but they will remain fundamentally unchanged.Women will continue to push for more "equality"and society will oblige as long as biology allows it. We live mostly in a patriarchal society, and hence the males must dominate, except perhaps for one culture in Lugu, Yunan China where females dominate the society.
ReplyDeleteShan Shan,you really have strong opinion above males.
ReplyDeleteMoreover ,I want to say you have specific idea about the social role .
But in fact ,female and male should cooperate with each other ,and only in this way can we promote our society.