It shouldn't matter what gender you are. You should have the same rights if you are a man or a woman. Homosexuals and Heterosexuals should be treated the same. Men don't have to be tough to be men. One shouldn't be looked down on because it's not "right." That's how it is in America, right? Wrong, women are not treated as equals in society today, and homosexuals are looked down on. These articles inform us of how women's inequality came about, how heterosexual's came to be, and why men are so masculine. .
The first article, "In a Male-Centered world, Female Differences are Transformed into Female Disadvantages," talks about how women are not less capable to do what men do, they are just different. They are different from men in a "male-centered world." Everything revolves around males, therefore all policies and practices fit men's criteria and not women. Women have to struggle in this world because it is male based. Pregnancy was taking off the disability-insurance package because it is "unique to woman," but prostate cancer, which only men can get, is included in the package. This article made me mad. I guess me being a girl, I am a little biased. I never really thought of the reason why women struggle is because we live in such a man's world. I think that is very true. I believe women were forced into this lifestyle because everything is based on men and there structure. How can we compete over something that is made for a man? It's almost impossible because men are already better equipped for the job. It is true that because of all this, women's differences are changed into disadvantages. It is not right. .
The next article, "The Social Construction of Gender," talks about how sports, technology, and bathrooms are based around males. Ninety-two percent of sports coverage on television is male. When women started doing more and more athletic competitions, supposedly "good" scientific studies showed that women would stop menstruating.
