What happens if we
all protest the idea of gender codes? We could praise neutral colors or even
make it okay for both sexes to wear any color. There are many things we could
do to crash the system and abolish the codes we have now. Hell, maybe we could
make guys doing all the dressing up where those painful high-heels. I could go
on all day about ways to break the gender codes we have written for ourselves
in society. It wouldn’t matter, because do anything to break the codes is just
as bad as supporting them.
There
is a never-ending evolution of how men and women are supposed to act. When
something is done to break a code, that action becomes the replacement. Here’s
an example. Guys used to not be able to wear the color pink and look masculine
to society. Some people wanted to change that rule by confidently wearing the “girly”
color. Pink had turned into a “cool” color for guys to wear. Come on, you guys
remember the pink polo with the popped collars. The same goes for many
situations. Men and women have witnessed this evolution in the work force,
fashion, and even in the education systems. I remember when most teachers were
women, but look how it is now. It has become socially acceptable for men to
teach, but that has created a new nametag for these male teachers.
I
feel like, for the rest of our lives, we will be flipping back and forth on
what men and women are supposed to do in society. I have seen improvement, but
from it I have also seen a new gender code developing. While it might be a
better representation of a particular gender, the new code is still and code.
We will always have certain expectations on people based on their gender.
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