Multicultural Education 2120
When a baby is born
they are given a pink blanket if they are a girl and a blue blanket if they are
a boy. As they grow up for birthdays boys are given monster trucks and
baseballs while girls are given baby dolls and easy bake ovens. From a very young age society is telling our
children that if boys like to play dress up and girls that like to get dirty
outside are different. In my opinion it
is impossible to get away from these stereotypes because they will always be part
of our society. If you turn on the
television or even read a children’s book the kids are seeing what society
tells them is appropriate for their gender to do.
When I was growing up my sisters and I were not the
typical little girls. We had barbie’s
and dolls but we were outside from the time we woke up until the sun went down
playing with the boys in our neighborhood.
We wore dresses on Sunday when we went to church but every other day of
the week we were in T-shirts and shorts.
In society’s eyes the way I grew up didn’t set me up to be a good wife
or mom because in their eyes the woman is supposed to be in the home cooking
and cleaning. I don’t think we should be
setting our children up to think they are meant to do one thing and nothing
else. We should teach our children that
they can do anything they put their minds to no matter what society tells them
is appropriate for their gender.
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