To All God's Children,
-->I think people get confused as to what constitutes female and what means male. There is no easy categorization because socially their roles overlap and sometimes biologically they can overlap as well. Biologically speaking there are the “third gender” people who have both male and female genitals or the genetically induced pseudo-hermaphrodites and I’m guessing they are free to categorize themselves how they desire.
However, socially, in some Native American cultures they assigned a third gender if a man danced more like a woman. The roles do overlap which make me think that they exist on a spectrum. That is, males range from stereotypically masculine to stereotypically feminine characteristics, but females exist on this same spectrum from the girliest girl to the tommiest tomboy.
Within this spectrum, “gay” males and girly girls share a lot in common while manly men correlate personality-wise with some “dykes” (forgive me for the word). Because not all lesbians are boy acting and not all gays are feminine acting they would fall somewhere within the spectrum. My perspective on the gay and straight thing: it’s a matter of social identity where people take roles to minimize the aggression.
Alpha male and, I believe also, Alpha female dominate the gay and straight pack members. This helps maintain the peace among the group in there are aren’t multiple males competing for the women to mate with and similar for the dominate female. I would assume an openly gay male in evolutionary terms would be more desirable for maintaining the peace. Now, I’m not saying gays are submissive to the straight male, but they are smart to not argue with a big dumb horny aggressive head male.
Showing posts with label masculine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label masculine. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Transcending Labels and Stereotypes
To All God's Children,
-->White males, especially in our modern society, are unique in the sense that they are bound by many stereotypes that flatten them to a single identity. So white males are the most likely person to transcend labels and become fulfilled. Furthermore, I suppose white females transcend all labels except their femininity. They are the pinnacle of femininity so are free to love and be in love without constraints. Good for them, bad for the other raced women. Unfortunately in our society, if you are a single woman who is perceived as unloved then you are also perceived as having less value.
But love is not the only way a woman can draw value. I think a strong woman is one who isn’t afraid to show love, emotions and compassion for others. In our society we define strength as people who want to take control and run things. That’s why many people see Hillary Clinton as a strong woman. This is true, but also people like Florence Nightingale were strong women who had big hearts, sensitivity and a drive to save the less fortunate.
-->White males, especially in our modern society, are unique in the sense that they are bound by many stereotypes that flatten them to a single identity. So white males are the most likely person to transcend labels and become fulfilled. Furthermore, I suppose white females transcend all labels except their femininity. They are the pinnacle of femininity so are free to love and be in love without constraints. Good for them, bad for the other raced women. Unfortunately in our society, if you are a single woman who is perceived as unloved then you are also perceived as having less value.
But love is not the only way a woman can draw value. I think a strong woman is one who isn’t afraid to show love, emotions and compassion for others. In our society we define strength as people who want to take control and run things. That’s why many people see Hillary Clinton as a strong woman. This is true, but also people like Florence Nightingale were strong women who had big hearts, sensitivity and a drive to save the less fortunate.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
What does it mean to be smart?
To All God's Children,
-->Poors, minorities and the underrepresented. Minorities, the underrepresented, and poors. I’m tried of these categories. There’s an obvious bias in careers based on race and gender. Certain races are more likely to be scientists, certain genders are more like to be nurses and school teachers and still a certain type of race and gender is more likely to be basketball players. I bet I can predict the races and genders that came to mind when you were reading the last sentenced. You probably thought white people (or white men in specific), women for the second, and black males for the final biased career.
I still say there’s nothing wrong with this. Okay, so many blacks end up in entertainment careers. So what? Why should we downplay a gift that we can give the world? Music, dance, and sport. If you ask me, after watching Lebron James dunk several baskets from the opposite side of the court I would say it takes some level of genius in order to do it.
Why is brilliance in science and math the only “real” smarts? I wish schools would reconsider making cuts to arts and music, and some even sports in an attempt to teach students math and science. Without proper exposure how is a student supposed to find their true calling?
As for the school systems and employers, it would be nice if employers respected HBCUs as much as state schools and other crappy traditional community colleges (not to say all community colleges are bad; there was one in my old neighborhood that had one of the top culinary schools in America). HBCUs are just as good and sometimes better then these other colleges they just aren’t getting the respect they deserve.
I wish people respected health related jobs more than they did. The “feminine” jobs in the health system have remained relatively stable while testosterone ran masulineconomic financial collapse of the seeming second Great Depression not only affects men but women.
The mainstream race think they are so smart and educated inventing all these things and ignore that their inventions cause just as much trouble as it helps. For example, hospitals have many great doctors, mostly White Americans. But what about the car accident victims that end up there frequently from the White people made vehicles that claim a substantial amount of lives?
What about the cancer stick or cigarettes that are produced by White people that send people to the hospitals for lung cancer? What about all this scientifically generated and carcinogenic enriched food that we eat that gives us cancer and sends us to the hospital? Our desire to scientifically develop a better world for White people by White people is the same as the masculine run economics taking the females down. Why for every “genius” invention of theirs is there a thousand other unfortunate things that result from it? What’s the point?
Who’s smarter - an Advanced or an Indigenous person? A person who tries to drastically improve his live, stresses himself out and ends up dying alone and broken in his old age from some shitty disease that didn’t exist thousands of years ago? Or a person who lives in tune with nature so the next generation will have a planet to live on? Again I beg of you to tell me who’s better off? Who is smarter?
-->Poors, minorities and the underrepresented. Minorities, the underrepresented, and poors. I’m tried of these categories. There’s an obvious bias in careers based on race and gender. Certain races are more likely to be scientists, certain genders are more like to be nurses and school teachers and still a certain type of race and gender is more likely to be basketball players. I bet I can predict the races and genders that came to mind when you were reading the last sentenced. You probably thought white people (or white men in specific), women for the second, and black males for the final biased career.
I still say there’s nothing wrong with this. Okay, so many blacks end up in entertainment careers. So what? Why should we downplay a gift that we can give the world? Music, dance, and sport. If you ask me, after watching Lebron James dunk several baskets from the opposite side of the court I would say it takes some level of genius in order to do it.
Why is brilliance in science and math the only “real” smarts? I wish schools would reconsider making cuts to arts and music, and some even sports in an attempt to teach students math and science. Without proper exposure how is a student supposed to find their true calling?
As for the school systems and employers, it would be nice if employers respected HBCUs as much as state schools and other crappy traditional community colleges (not to say all community colleges are bad; there was one in my old neighborhood that had one of the top culinary schools in America). HBCUs are just as good and sometimes better then these other colleges they just aren’t getting the respect they deserve.
I wish people respected health related jobs more than they did. The “feminine” jobs in the health system have remained relatively stable while testosterone ran masulineconomic financial collapse of the seeming second Great Depression not only affects men but women.
The mainstream race think they are so smart and educated inventing all these things and ignore that their inventions cause just as much trouble as it helps. For example, hospitals have many great doctors, mostly White Americans. But what about the car accident victims that end up there frequently from the White people made vehicles that claim a substantial amount of lives?
What about the cancer stick or cigarettes that are produced by White people that send people to the hospitals for lung cancer? What about all this scientifically generated and carcinogenic enriched food that we eat that gives us cancer and sends us to the hospital? Our desire to scientifically develop a better world for White people by White people is the same as the masculine run economics taking the females down. Why for every “genius” invention of theirs is there a thousand other unfortunate things that result from it? What’s the point?
Who’s smarter - an Advanced or an Indigenous person? A person who tries to drastically improve his live, stresses himself out and ends up dying alone and broken in his old age from some shitty disease that didn’t exist thousands of years ago? Or a person who lives in tune with nature so the next generation will have a planet to live on? Again I beg of you to tell me who’s better off? Who is smarter?
Friday, March 5, 2010
The Overlap of Gender Roles
To All God's Children,
-->What people don’t understand is that our interests are formed according to the personality traits we receive from both our mother and our father. So what people define as masculine or feminine characteristics is superficial. Of course there will be men that are interested in makeup and women who are interested in sports and cars.
-->What people don’t understand is that our interests are formed according to the personality traits we receive from both our mother and our father. So what people define as masculine or feminine characteristics is superficial. Of course there will be men that are interested in makeup and women who are interested in sports and cars.
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