https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi Made with a dash of some critical thinking en-us 2022-02-14 08:22:20 UTC 2022-02-18 06:45:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f39e.png srami056 https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054525438 Flash forward several years to me in high school I found a balance that I can wear a dress and makeup for special occasions, but not always would I like to wear a dress I would like to wear a suit and I have yet to wear one. And now I understand the importance of feminism even more than I did when I was younger after hearing sexist comments. I found relation to Ain't I a Woman because I wasn't a girl who met the stereotypical beauty standards or participated in stereotypical gender norms like that of Sojourner Truth. She mentions how she is overlooked as a woman because she's not of the same criteria as a white woman. But now I'm comfortable in my femininity and don't care for the approval of societal norms and I don't shave my body hair or wear makeup every day or wear clothing that is considered feminine because those aren't things that define me as a woman. And I don't believe it should make me any less feminist that I have body hair, wear men's clothing or believe that women can express their feminism in other ways than I.]]> 2022-02-18 03:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054525438 srami056 https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054528581 As I got older I’ve grown tired of the tomboy comments because I didn’t like being put in a category of the male gender, I started to let my mom dress me in dresses and what not. And after I made this change how I was treated was very different from when I would wear t’s and jeans. Now individuals would call me a lady and tell me how beautiful I was when really all I did was put on a piece of clothing and style my hair differently. Never understood this concept of how beauty has to do with clothing and hair or what we put on our faces, but I went along with it.]]> 2022-02-18 03:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054528581 srami056 https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054534696 In elementary school, I used to play football with the boys and they wouldn’t go easy on me which I appreciate because I didn’t want to be treated differently due to being ascribed a girl. There was a time a boy told me I should’ve been a boy because I dress like one and play like one, but at 8 or 9 years old that didn’t sit right with me because I love being a girl but having the characteristics of what is considered to be a “boy” is due to social constructs of gender norms, roles, and expectations and it made it seem as if I was trying to be a boy when having athletic capabilities or a different sense of fashion shouldn't categorize me as the male gender. West and Zimmerman contend that there is no essential notion of femaleness or maleness, femininity or masculinity, womanhood or manhood, but once the gender is ascribed, the social order constructs and perceives strong gendered norms and expectations. Another thing that also stood out from their article was, however, practicing gender holds sex-based social structures responsible as normal and natural, that is, valid methods of structuring social life. The differences that this process creates between men and women might subsequently be depicted as basic and lasting tendencies. I found this to have a lot of relation to my childhood and now because society still holds these strong gendered norms and expectations for individuals that if we step out of our assigned norms we are classified as the other gender. ]]> 2022-02-18 03:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054534696 srami056 https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054536130 Growing up I was your typical tomboy. My wardrobe consisted of t-shirts and jeans, anything that would be considered boyish attire. While my cousins wore dresses, played with barbies, and put on fake makeup, I was the complete opposite by my own choice and somewhat the influence of my father. I liked playing sports, getting dirty, playing with cars, watching scooby doo, and playing video games. My mom wanted me to wear dresses at the age pictured above but I refused. I didn’t like the way they looked or felt, and every time I had one on it made me feel like I was pretending to be someone else or uncomfortable.]]> 2022-02-18 03:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054536130 srami056 https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054536536 When I was born I was bald and for some odd reason during that time or from what my family was taught that being bald made others assume that a baby was a boy. So, because I was bald and for people to identify me as a girl my mom (as pictured here) would put bows and dresses on me. And after reading Lorber’s article on gender that particular part that relates to this was when she described how a baby was wearing white and the gender of the child couldn’t be determined as well as how she assumed a child was a boy because of a baseball cap. I think many times through clothing we as a society have put genders on certain pieces of clothing that determines how we are to behave or the role we should take. ]]> 2022-02-18 03:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/srami056/cm8uitbzxkcpk4hi/wish/2054536536