A gender role is a set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or interpersonal relationships. There are many people that think that gender roles play a huge part of our lives. Advertisement definitely plays a huge role in gender roles. When a woman or man is in a advertisement, the advertisement make sure the male looks, talks and acts like a male and the same thing goes for the females.
Some thing we discussed in class is that a straight guy does not want to hang around or associate with a homosexual guy. Some people do not understand why that is and I see their confusion but then I don't. The reason straight guy do not want to hang out with a homosexual guy is because it goes outside of the norm. When a straight male "hangs out" with a Bi-sexual or gay male they are looked at weird other people tend to look at them weird. By weird I mean not normal. Questions start to go through the mind of the people that are witnessing the act. The questions they ask to themselves is, is that other guy gay? Are they a couple? Why do they think that is not weird. Those question to themselves turn into questions to other people.
Once those questions get asked to other people the questions turn into jokes among themselves. After they laugh a little with each other certain people decide to act and ask the questions to the Bi-sexual and Gay male, but why is that? Is it because guys are immature? Is it because maybe they are feeling the same way but do not know how to express it or is it the way we act? I really cant answer that for all guy but I think its just the way we act. Sometimes we joke about it but there are times when we can actually mean it.
I think you should not judge a person based on whether they are straight, gay or bi. Who are we to tell you what you should be. I try so hard not to judge people but ever so often it happens. No one is perfect and there is not a soul out there that can say they have not judged anyone before. I have judged a guy based on whether he was gay or straight. I was nervous that the guy was going to hit on me or that I was going to get made fun of by my friends just on the fact that I associated myself with him. I did not make fun of him but I did stop talking to him which was wrong. He acted straight so no one knew he was gay but he told the wrong person and that person betrayed his trust.
I think that one of the main reasons of why some guys don't like homosexual males is because they're afraid of getting hit on, like you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI think it's funny that when it's a woman and a male, no one seems to care if the man hits on the woman. The woman might not want to be hit on, but it still happens.
Yet, males are afraid of being hit on by a homosexual? I think it's a little bit hypocritical for men to act this way. Treat people the way you want to be treated, right?
More and more people who are gay are coming out each day. If people are afraid of getting hit on by their same sex, look at what women to do keep away unwanted guests: we brush them off, walk away, laugh, pretend it didn't happen, or just say that we're not interested. We sound rude and bitchy, but guys are supposed to be jerks anyways when looking at the 'Guy Code' so it should work just fine.
I'm not preaching homosexuality and that males should just deal with it, but people being out of the closet is relevant in today's world and no one is going to be able to stop it. I guess, just try and learn how to get out of the kinds of situations that you're uncomfortable with, like women have to do everyday.