6. How should one define gender? Is gender natural, or is it
socially constructed, and if it is socially constructed, does that mean gender
is anything someone wants it to be?
Gender, according to the Merriam Webster
Dictionary, is defined as, “the state of being male or female” but I think the definition
of gender carries different weights for different people. There is not a
uniform translation of gender and it meaning and there will always be the displeased
individuals claiming something is not fare. Bummer for them. Some might prefer
the word gender to have only a scientific meaning and to not carry any social
or societal weight. These people might be referred to as feminists whose goal
is to create equality among genders. If you ask me, creating this equality
erases dimension from human beings as God intended. Gender does place you in
society and I mean that without any negative connotations attached. I think woman
hold more power than we give ourselves credit for. Sometimes woman are so busy
trying to prove that they can do all the things men can do that the advantages
we hold over men are forgotten. Take the “gratification of experiencing the
beautiful” as an example. It is from our text, it reads, “To experience the beautiful - we give high status to beautiful music,
beautiful works of art, and people who are physically attractive- in particular, beautiful women. What is
beautiful is another matter, however, and definitions of beauty change over
time”. So there you have it- women are far more associated with the word beauty. And
beauty, of the mind or physically, is powerful. We give it high status in
society and we idolize it socially. With that power comes the responsibility to
carry beauty gracefully and in a way that empowers younger generations to have
confidence. I’m not the anti-feminist my opinion is just more traditional;
I do respect the importance of confidence for any gender. I don’t, however,
want the word gender to be a neutral term. Your gender will always define you
as a human.
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