Gender Differences
... told to do well in school, but it was purely for my parent’s satisfaction. My parents felt that she would find a man to support her. In my opinion, women should not have to rely on men to support them. Girls should go to school and get the same education as boys do so they can have the same job opportunities that boys have. If girls go out and get an education and succeed in achieving a job that pays well, that may help some of the welfare problems women face in today’s society. Another problem in today’s society that is caused by the way we raise boys and girls is spouse abuse. Girls are raised to be nice while boys are raised to be macho. Boys comprehend the fact that girls are raised to be nice and take advantage of it by acting macho towards them. If we change the way boys are raised, then when they grow up and get into relationships with girls, they will not have that macho attitude which may be the problem that causes spouse abuse. Mann makes a good point when she states, “we need to break the false sense of entitlement-at the expense of girls-that boys have, and we need to break the equally destructive cycle in which we raise girls to be “nice, submissive and deferential.” What she is saying is that boys have the wrong perception of girls and the only thing that will change the perception boys have of girls is to change the way we raise boys. Often times, girls don’t get the recognition they deserve. When you compare boys and girls athletically, you will notice that boys get a lot more attention from sports then girls. If there is a boy who excels in a sport, he will be praised wherever he goes whether he is in school, out of school or just at home with his family. Meanwhile, if a girl excels in a sport, it’s not as big of a deal as it would be if it was a guy. The reason for this is because boys are brought up to do things such as play sports while most girls are not raised to play sports or be athletic. Often times you see girls practicing ballet, dance or gymnastics. Even though girls are not raised to be athletic or play sports, if a girl excels at a sport, she deserves the same recognition a guy would receive for excelling at a sport. Football, a sport that you will rarely, if ever, hear of a girl playing, may catch the interest of some girls. But if a girl happens to decide she wants to play football, she probably would not be allowed to play, simply because she is a girl. If you ask me, that is not right because it does not give girls the same opportunities that boys have. Furthermore, the next problem that needs to be taken care of in the way we raise boys, is how boys are looked upon as studs or as guys today would call it, pimps, for sleeping with a lot of girls. On the other hand, girls are looked upon as sluts or whores for sleeping with a lot of boys. That is a double standard. Since boys are raised to be macho men, they believe that sleeping with a lot of girls is the “pimp” thing to do. If boys were not raised to be macho men, they would not feel th...