EQULITY FOR ALL!

Although women activist cleared many hurtles and cleared the path for feminists to have a platform to speak about gender stereotypes, the war on gender equality was far from over.  There are many differences in males and females that is seen in physically and now with advancing science, people have discovered that there are brain differences between men and women.  In the words of Lisa Eliot, author of “Pink Brain Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It” , “Sex differences are sexy” . It has become a serious research to see why the male and female kinds differ physically mentally also. Even though many scientists have found that the brain and gender roles differ in size there is no significant differences that make an impact in the interesting studies. However, Dr. Eliot purposed that these differences that we see between genders are because of gender stereotyping at a young age. The brain of a child is so easily to manipulate; searching the world frantically, learning his/her environment absorbing everything it sees. As soon as an infant is born it is categorized into a group based on its gender. Bay boy receives a blue hat and a baby girl receives a pink hat. Dinosaurs and action figures given to boys and dolls are given for girls to cuddle.  While children are being raised they are expected to act in a certain way that is enforced by different toys and games that they interact with. These different activities enforce different pathways in the brain. Thus, one gender will strengthen a pathway more so than the other. When scientists look at the brain and see differences in genders, some believe that these differences are based on nurture rather than nature. However, equality has been a clear theme throughout America’s history. From race equality to gender, people have fought to have equal advantageous in society. Everyone should have equal opportunities to reach their goals and succeed. The favoring of certain pathways in the brain raises gender equality questions. Does gender stereotyping give any one group an unfair advantage in society? Although scientists are still trying to answer this biological question, there are sociologist fighting to change the way parents, teachers, and other forms of mentors to treat children with equal bias. And to get rid of the presumption that females love nail polish and reserve the right to cry in public, and men should play sports and smother their sensitive side.  By taking these stereotypes and giving the children a chance to form and reinforce pathways in their brain without the manipulation of the environment. The sociologist, feminist , and those searching for equality search for a world were women could receive the same pay as her male co-worker, men could work as nurses or “stay-at-home” dad without condemnation. Hopefully this change can occur just by the simple fact of changing the view of gender stereotypes.

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