Gender issue
Gender issueDiscovery of New Species
Remember how boys and girls used to separate at each ends of the dance floor? That was the time when everyone was tentative of the first dance experience and was uncomfortable with the existence of the opposite sex. At the ends of the stretched out dance floor were two clearly separated groups of boys and girls, chatting within the group and carefully stealing glances of the opposite ends. Mysterious, yet annoying group seemed to be foreign, and no one dared to cross the dividing line. For a while the floor remained opened and empty, but suddenly some brave souls stepped acrossed the platform and joined the opposite side. Slowly imitating the others, two groups began to occupy the dance floor. That dance floor was filled with enjoyment at that time, but the real dance floor of life had never been fully occupied. The ends of the dance floor are nevertheless crowed with the same group, uncertain whether to close up the gap between them. But it is a relief to note that the width of the gap has been shortened, and is still undergoing changes. Now the �he� or �she� is many times considered as �us�, as a unity then disregarding of gender differences. One question, however, still remains. Can the idea of unity truly penetrate the heart of everyone? No matter how close we are to close up the gap between the two
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genders, there is no definite way of telling how male and female will came to an understanding.
Perhaps a step to approach unity is to start at the very beginning. Rules of being a boy and a girl divided the commonality from the day babies came into the world, when the babies were separated and classified by pink and blue. Later on in life before they develop a sense of personal interest, girls are given Barbie's and kitchenware to play with, while boy�s toy with plastic tank and G.I. Joe. The hidden message are secretly sent out to the young kids, and they carry this on with them every since. From that very moment they also set our perspective of different genders. As Theroux would argue, to be a man means to be �stupid, be unfeeling, obedient, soldierly and stop thinking.� Male are encouraged to be brave, bold, and daring; to be emotionally remote and listens only to the best. The female are traditionally brought up to please everyone and to be sensitive. Sanders further adds another aspect of females. In �Looking at Women�, he adds that women act as visual stimuli for men. Our idealism, or rather expectation, for the other gender are set at the very beginning, but these expectation changes as we age. We do not...
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