THEN Challenge others’ posts – what could they do to take their plan even a step

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THEN
Challenge others’ posts – what could they do to take their plan even a step further? What are some challenges they may not have anticipated? What are some ways that maybe their plan doesn’t really challenge gender norms and may perhaps even reinforce them? etc. etc. all using course material, obv.
The point of this Discussion (and as it’s the last one for the class session) is to require you to “get your feet wet,” so to speak, in making change around you on a daily basis – and to just start to notice the little ways we (and others around us) may already be DOING or at least TRYING that change. If you can accomplish these two changes in your life, what’s to stop you from doing it all the time?
There is NO way the world will change if individuals – that’s YOU – do it themselves by taking little, day-by-day steps.
THIS VIDEO IS A PART OF THE REQUIRED MATERIALS

1.Grandfather forcing dolls for girls
COLLAPSE
My brother and I are very close in age, just about a year apart. So developmentally we were almost always on the same page when it came to toys and playt time. I remember we shared all of our toys from barbies, to action figures, video games, etc. It was something that was never boy toys or girls toys because we always just shared everything. But the first time I was told that was not okay, was by my grandfather when I was around 4 years old. My brother was playing with my barbie doll and my grandfather took it from my brother and said, “dolls are for girls. Not for boys”. We were both pretty confused since it was a toy we did see as a gendered toy. Since I was so young I did not really understand what was going on let alone that he was encouraging gender stereotyping that boys are to play with action figures and girls are only to play with dolls. If i were currently my age and saw this happen, I would have spoken up and questioned him as to why my brother couldn’t play with the doll. I would use logic and reasoning to question his thought process in order to try to change his perspective.Future plans:
1. My first future plan is to intervene with family members if I see this type of behavior continue. I have done this is a few times with parents and grandparents when it comes to clothing actually. Mostly on the topic of men wearing dresses. I spoke on the idea that clothing items do not have any specific gender, reminding them that we are the ones stereotyping clothes to only belong to one gender. It is a mindset that is old fashioned and needs to be changed. I can encourage this behavior with my family by allowing for open and honest conversation. It is important for people to feel comfortable asking questions in order to gain more knowledge or perspective on topics like gender. I will encourage talking about difficult things to a traditionalists mind like men wearing dresses almost like exposure therapy. The more often it is talked about and brought up the easier it will be to comprehend and add to new life styles.
2.Future Plans
One future-plan I’ve come up with is to communicate with people to put themselves in others shoes and see how they would feel in a certain situation. A couple months ago, someone I went to high school with made some offensive and stereotypical remarks about the transgender community. I heard these statements and chose to ignore them at the time simply because I didn’t want to be involved in the situation. After taking this class, I’ve realized that there isn’t going to be any change unless something is done about it. “I’d argue that the easiest way to change a behavior is first to become aware of it” (Hurley, 2016). Looking back, I wish I would’ve stood up to them and said “can you imagine being in a situation like that?” Or “what if that was your own kid and you heard someone else talking about them that way?”. I would reiterate to them as much as possible how important it is to be kind to others. Being mean and judgmental isn’t going to gain you any respect. I am usually a very non-confrontational person, and I think if I were to say something, specifically to people who know me, they would take what I have said into consideration.
Another future-plan I’ve come up with is to change the way chores are done around my house. I talked about in last week’s discussion post how my mom is solely responsible for majority of the household duties. My family holds my mom to such a high standard because of all that she does to us, but why shouldn’t my dad help out more? Or any of us? Gender norms have taught us that our mothers should be in the house cooking and cleaning, while our dads are out working and bringing in the money. These roles run deep which is why women in heterosexual relationships end up doing the majority of the domestic work, even though they are the breadwinners in two-thirds of American homes, and this will leave them burnt out and resentful (Bennett, 2016). I plan to have a serious conversation with my family members about how everyone needs to chip in. The responsibility shouldn’t fall just on my mother. Also, it would be extremely helpful to bring up information about women’s history to support my reasoning for this gender norm coming to an end. I’ve already thought about this concept a lot, and I’ve told my mom that I will help out whenever she needs me to. But, taking this next step will hopefully make a much bigger difference.
3. Mikayla Holness , Future Plans
Something that I’ve already done since taking this class is being very vocal about gender roles. After learning so much from the makers films and hook, I feel like gender roles have a major effect on our society today. Recently, at work, I was having a conversation with a coworker. The conversation led to what they expected in a signifigant other. The first thing my coworker said (he was male), is that he wanted his girlfriend to be able to cook and clean. He also stated that while he’s at work, if he drops his clothes off at her house, she should wash them for him. FIrst, I let my coworkers become aware of what he said (Hurley, 2016). I explained to him that things and times have change, and women are more than domestic workers. Women now have careers and more access to high education and what to be more than women of the house. I then questioned him about what can he bring to the table besides being a working man, because women want a man who can clean and cook as well. I then explained to him how his views are major reason why in today’s society we have a huge gap between men and women.
What I also plan to do is start from home. A lot of times we are scared to say anuthing to our love ones because they are older and we respect them. But in respectful way, I will talk to my family members when they say something or do something that seems as if they are following the gender roles society has placed on men and women. I will let them know that doing one thing does not make you less feminine or more masculine. I will try to start at home because that’s where we are most influenced.

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