Growing up, I was raised on the belief to respect women and
the classic ‘a man should never hit a woman,’ like I believe many other guys
were raised to act. In recent years, girls have been taught that they could do
anything and that they are just as equal as men. This leads to completion
between the two genders as some women try to reach the level as a men, and some
men tries to outdo women on their level.
In the nickelodeon tv show, Zoey 101, the main character
Zoey joins the schools wrestling team. Throughout the matches she ‘competed’
in, she won because the men she was wrestling forfeited. Where Zoey wanted to
be treated as an actual competitor, the men brought up a double standard. If they
win, they beat up a girl who is seen as weak, but if they lose, they are
humiliated for losing to a girl (seen as the weaker gender).
In the end, it comes down to people wanting to change the cultural norms but are unable do to stereotypes and how people were raised to think and act. As we see more women tryout for men sports, such as baseball and football, more men will try to protect their masculinity.
I think Deadpool speaks for most people….
Another one would be in Diary of A Wimpy Kid the movie when the boy goes out for wrestling and finds out he has to wrestle a girl. Right away he says "im not going to wrestle a girl". Most of the time now a days you see women doing more and more things that only men use to do. While they can do things and be superior to other women men might loose their masculinity. When men see women doing things that the men should be doing like paying bills, carrying heavier things, driving the car, ect they get the oh "your a wimp" or "take away his man card".
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this and you mentioned Zoey 101 I automatically thought of the movies She's the Man and Bend it Like Beckham. Both movies involve male dominated sports where the girls have to go above cultural norms to prove they are just as good. In She's the Man especially, Viola has to pretend to be a man in order to play a sport she loves. This movie shows how women have to either suffer and not participate or go to drastic measure in order to fit in and make something of themselves. What's even worse is that in the finale of the movie she comes clean and proves she's a girl and nobody could believe that a girl was as good as the guys on the team further showing how she is seen as inferior. She ends u saying to her crush " I didn't want to hurt you, I just wanted to prove that I was good enough." The video of confused Deadpool is really relevant considered when women want to play sorts like football and wrestling, it questions gender norms and I truly get why a guy would be confused.
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