On A Friday Five on Gender
Oct. 11th, 2019 01:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danieldwilliam1. Do you think you are treated differently because you are a man or woman?
I'm certain that I am and I'm certain that I don't fully appreciate the breadth and depth of how I'm treated differently. I'm certain that many of the ways I'm treated differently are obvious and significant but equally and that many of the differences are subtle but add up over the course of a lifetime to make material difference.
2. Do men or women have it easier in our culture? Why do you think so?
Overall, I think men have it easier but a lot of that depends on the individual, how willing and able they are to conform to traditional or more current gender roles. There's also a lot of impact from race, class, health, sexuality, economic situation and probably some from things like geography in the UK (rural or urban), age, and other factors. Intersectionality is your friend here I think.
I'm a middle-class, university educated, heterosexual, well-off urban professional. For most things I'm pretty sure I have it easier than my otherwise similar wife. (Mental health treatment and the experience of being sexually assaulted are two notable exceptions.)
Does the guy who cleans our windows have it easier than My Lovely Wife? I don't think he does. Depends a lot on what he's trying to do.
3. Do you think girls are raised differently from boys? If so, in what ways?
Yeah, pretty much in all the ways.
4. Do you think women should take men's last names when they marry? Why or why not?
I think that is a matter entirely for the individuals concerned. It's not any of my business.
5. Do you think a woman will be President of the United States in the near future?
I am expecting this to happen on 20th January 2021.
I'm certain that I am and I'm certain that I don't fully appreciate the breadth and depth of how I'm treated differently. I'm certain that many of the ways I'm treated differently are obvious and significant but equally and that many of the differences are subtle but add up over the course of a lifetime to make material difference.
2. Do men or women have it easier in our culture? Why do you think so?
Overall, I think men have it easier but a lot of that depends on the individual, how willing and able they are to conform to traditional or more current gender roles. There's also a lot of impact from race, class, health, sexuality, economic situation and probably some from things like geography in the UK (rural or urban), age, and other factors. Intersectionality is your friend here I think.
I'm a middle-class, university educated, heterosexual, well-off urban professional. For most things I'm pretty sure I have it easier than my otherwise similar wife. (Mental health treatment and the experience of being sexually assaulted are two notable exceptions.)
Does the guy who cleans our windows have it easier than My Lovely Wife? I don't think he does. Depends a lot on what he's trying to do.
3. Do you think girls are raised differently from boys? If so, in what ways?
Yeah, pretty much in all the ways.
4. Do you think women should take men's last names when they marry? Why or why not?
I think that is a matter entirely for the individuals concerned. It's not any of my business.
5. Do you think a woman will be President of the United States in the near future?
I am expecting this to happen on 20th January 2021.
