Gender

I am a male and that is my gender. Society puts a gender label on everyone based on how they act, masculine or feminine. There are certain things that males do that are considered masculine, and there are certain things that females do that are considered feminine. Being a member of a gender group brings both advantages and disadvantages.

Some advantages that I have found being a male is many people in society tend to have more trust in you. I feel like people would rather have the male get the job done than women. I believe people feel more confident when a male is doing something because I think the reason behind that is males are seen as leaders and powerful. Due to the masculinity role that males have to fulfill, males are seen as strong leaders, which therefore people feel a sense of protection from anything. Since males are the ones in power, people think that nothing will go wrong since people also think that males are smarter than females. For example, in the past history of the presidents of the United States of America, all of our presidents have been males. There has been no female president yet because Americans would rather have a male run our country than a woman due to the different valuable aspects that men carry in our society. The reason behind that is because Americans trust males over females. Therefore I believe being a male is an advantage because of how society values the male gender.

Some disadvantages that I have found being a male is many people tend to rely on males too much. Since males have priority and do not have to prove themselves to society, society expects a lot from males. Sure every male loves all the advantages there is being a male in this society, but society over well us with the power given being a male. People sometimes give us too many responsibilities because they believe since we are males we can do anything and everything since we are so strong and powerful. Its over welling to males when we get the exaggeration of expectation from the public because we are not perfect and can not handle EVERYTHING just because we are male. I understand society tend to think that way about males since we are expected to be so masculine, however many males are less masculine then what society expects us to be.

I think my life would be significant different if i was born in another gender because there would be different expectations for me to fulfill by society. If I was born as a women I feel I would try to make a difference among femininity . The reason is, due to how females have been seen in past and present history, I would try to do the opposite of what society expects women to be. I would be a strong leader in anything where I can have a higher position than males to prove males wrong. I would put the statement, "Whatever males can do, females can do better" into action!