Lack of Gender Equality
History teaches people that equality is what makes society stronger. Equality in religion, sexual orientation, and race are just examples of human qualities that Rights Activists groups fight for to keep America diverse. However, an issue that occasionally appears to be dull in modern day society is gender quality. America has come a long time long from centuries ago in making genders statues equal. Though, it is no longer a widely accepted practice of having the man go out in the world and make the money and decide what takes place in a families life while the women stays home, has children and does the man's bidding - as seen by Nora and Helmer in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen - there is still a strong difference in which gender has more power than the other. In the society that we have now, it is widely accepted for a man to do whatever he wishes and he will not get criticized as harshly as a women if she had done the same action. Though this idea was also accepted in The Doll's House, when Nora was found out to have committed forgery - she was told that she would be disgraced and that she would no longer be able to be with her children, though when Krogstad was convicted of the same crime he was able to remain with his children - that play was written over a hundred years ago, therefore it could be assumed that the times have changed since then. However this is not the case. Psychologists have realized that because of the games girls and boys play when they are younger, they learn to form an opinion based on the gender when an individual says an order. Since little girls are taught to share and make sure everyone has an equal opportunity, later in life when a women gives an order, surrounding females automatically go to call the other women obscene names. However, boys are taught to realize that there is a hierarchy in society, so when a man gives an order, others accept it without giving complaint. People are taught at a young age to accept that fact that men are supposed to give an order. However does this diminish a girls image of herself? Generally, it does not because a good percentage of the girl population will glorify a guy and diminish other girls imagine. I experienced this fact recently. I recently found myself in a situation where I shared a kiss with a close friend of mine when I should not have. However, when others found out about it, the immediate reaction that girls gave was "Watch out, you don't want to seem like a slut." However, at the same time, none of these girls said anything about the guy in the situation. Time and time again, girls are put down for doing or acting a certain way. And what is worse is the fact that girls are doing this to themselves. In the words of Tina Fay "[girls] have got to stop calling each other sluts and whores. It just makes it okay for guys to call [girls] sluts and whores." Girls need to stop calling themselves repulsive names because it is only hurting their reputation. Or, if girls are going to continue their ways, they should start calling guys such names so that the insults become universal. The insults that genders face should be equal; either both genders break free from being put down for the gender that they are or everyone - girls and boys - prepare to face the hardships of gender insults.
