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My mom being a Stay-at-home had always made me curious as my father was the main bread getter for the family. All parents love their children and sacrifice their own well-being for the sake of their children. I always wanted to be like my mom as I try to emulate her in the pic wearing a scarf.  Families are the first agent of socialization and this is where and whom I acquired my culture from to assimilate into society.

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Initially seeing this I had to have photo evidence of this sign as my brothers name is John. This sign would not have bothered me before taking this class. This sign is so condescending and to me implies that "Oh watch out. Men are doing important things assuming women are oblivious. I feel it insinuates that women have no knowledge about what a man's work entails. The concern with toxic masculinity is when qualities like Physical toughness and stoicism are done in a extreme manner without including feminized traits such as nurturance.

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My younger sister had came up to me and my older brothers asking to teach her how to fight and defend herself. My father having the typical Afghan and desi mindset made a remark "That is not what women do". What are women actually supposed to do : cook, clean and be pretty. These stereotypes come from discordant allocation of both men and women in the roles they play in home and at work. After this class, I am an advocate for resistance to Gender norms as it has its rewards and consequences.

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Grabbing oil for my brothers vehicle had reminded me of a post I had come across on social media. Patrice Banks, a female entrepreneur, had opened a Girls Auto Clinic in Philadelphia. She had opened this shop in response to many auto repair shops taking advantage of women. Patrice had launched her brand to give women a more comfortable experience. She had added her own twist by letting customers get their nails done while they wait. Roughly 2 % of auto mechanics in the United States are women. It kind of reminded me of how women's psychology has been delegitimized and the power structure  how anything associated with women is deemed as inferior.

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Here are both of my cats and I love them to death. It apparently makes me "soft" that I raised them and treat them like my babies. This reminds me of the Research Paper by our esteemed Professor and Alexis Forbes where they talked about Sam Bender and Gender schema. Children form a certain schema when living in a traditional culture of certain qualities such as caring and raising is the role of woman in contrast to man. Gender at the end is a product of ones cultures and its norms. Each individual has a mental template of gender schema which they formulate gender-related information.