Gender Issue | 2017
Why Society Needs A Day Without A Women
On March 8th, 2017, women from all over the world celebrated International Women’s Day. A day to celebrate women and bring awareness to the political, social and economic inequalities they face every day. In the United States, the Women’s March on Washington organized...
Literal Gender Performativity
Performativity of gender – a stylized repetition of acts, behaviors and mannerisms that is to mime the dominant societal conventions of gender In recent years, it has become more established in mainstream society that gender is a construct- a form of self-expression...
Sisters and Cis-ters Against Genders Inequality
“I can't believe I still have to protest this shit,” read one sign carried by an older woman at the Women’s March on January 21, 2017. Though the sign is only ten words, it speaks volumes. Women in America and around the world have been fighting for decades for...
Genderqueers and transpeople do not deserve basic human rights. #AlternativeFact
Have you ever experienced discrimination or bullying when going to the bathroom? If the answer is no, you are probably more privileged than you think. As the fight for gender-neutral bathrooms continues, we must stop and think about how this can affect genderqueer and...
Nobody Can Drag Me Down
When we hear the term ‘drag’ in todays culture, we are thinking of the kinds of people on RuPaul’s Drag Race, the caked on make up and super flamboyant kind, but drag didn't actually start out that way and it has been around for much longer than anyone expects. Since...
My New Normal
Growing up as an African-American, middle-class, heterosexual, cis female, I personally did not face many struggles. I grew up in a home with both parents, and I never had to want for anything. I was always smart, talented, and had a lot of friends. The only thing...
Social Media & Its Influence
Sex is the biological characteristics of woman and men while gender is a socially constructed definition of the two. Gender and gender roles are very prevalent in today’s society although they aren’t usually thought about in depth. “Gender is such a familiar part of...
BUFFER ZONE
People are scared of things that they do not understand, and it is takes more effort to achieve an understanding than it does to dismiss, marginalize or oppress.
What Follows as Drag Takes Center Stage?
Recently, my roommates and I have been watching RuPaul's Drag Race religiously. A friend of mine’s girlfriend discovered the show on Hulu, and we’ve been addicted ever since. I’ll admit, when I first watched the show, I was surprisingly uncomfortable. I grew up in New...
The Detrimental Effects that Advertising has on Society’s View of Gender
The imposition of unrealistic gender roles has been ingrained in the media since before the television was invented. When most people think of the classic 1950’s American housewife, perfect hair, cooking dinner wearing pearls, cleaning, and waiting for her hardworking...