I grew up in a patriarchal society. It is kind of weird that my mother was the person who taught me that I was “equal” yet she’s also the same person who says I should cook food because I’m a girl and worries about my future as a wife. So I’m not sure if I can say it’s a patriarchal family.
I have never believed in gender roles. I have never believed in women staying at home and cooking and husband working. But here’s the way I take it. If one partner is working and the other is staying home, then I can see why the one staying at home can’t cook. However it does not necessarily has to be the “wife” who’s staying home.
The whole idea of gender is confusing to me because I don’t think of men as anyone different except with different reproductive organs.
There’s a lot of pressure for both men and women in a society like mine. Men have to make sure they are earning money and doing a good job. Women have to make sure they cook well and know household activities. But slowly the society is changing. I hope it changes fast.
I don’t see why it’s not normal for a man to cry, for a woman to work, for a man to express his feelings, for a woman to talk back and so on. It’s completely unnecessary. Same souls, same minds, just different organs.
In the past, I feel like the whole gender thing started so that people knew what their work was. I think it was more of assigning work and responsibilities. However, with time, it quickly evolved to discrimination.
These days it’s harder for both men and women. On one side, you see all of these fake feminists who are disrespectful to men and act as if the goal is to feel “superior” to men. On the other hand, you see all of these places where people still discriminate women, look down on them and where women are robbed off of their rights.
If I have any opinion about gender roles, it’s that I believe it shouldn’t exist.
08-Jul-2021 00:00:03
