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Question

People should not be expected to fit into 'male' or 'female' roles but be judged on their individual personalities?

I disagree wholeheartedly with the Catholic Church's 'women and men are different' thing, and roles for them because I know many women who are not typical women, and men who are not typical men.

Men shouldn't be criticised as gay for showing emotions and women shouldnt be judged at work, or expected to be maternal and submissive...

I know the Catholic Church doesn't say women are below men. However, they DO put women and men into boxes for their 'ideal roles' which I do not think is right. Women and men are all different, as individuals.

'man and woman are made differently. the genetic make up is different(sex chromosom) the chemistry is different, the hormons are different, the body-mass index is different and physique is different. they are made to perform different tasks.' - Learn how to spell... Anyway, yes hormones are different but that only means that men and women are different with regard to certain things e.g. sex. And even then, some women have a lot of testosterone, some have a miniscule amount. Some men are very weedy. You are again stereotyping. And what is 'natural' is not necessarily good - Should all black people be made to go to hot countries then and whites to colder areas purely because they are 'better suited'?

Answer 1

The person who said the Catholic church doesn't hold men above women needs to give us the name of a woman Pope or even a priest for that matter. The Catholic church is the most sexist organization there is. People who practice Catholic birth control are called parents, which is meant to keep the little woman home with a bunch of kids.

Answer 2

Yes and No, I don't understand why anyone would want to be what they are not. Just because you are a woman does not mean you cannot be strong and have great work ethics but that doesn't mean you cannot let your soft side show also.
If you are a man doesn't mean you cannot show emotions and also a soft side. That doesn't mean you are gay it means you are human.
There are roles that compliment each gender and that appeal to each gender. Some is because of upbringing and historical roles. Some is just natural.
To criticize someone for not fitting into the common role is wrong. Someone who purposely mocks those has more problems that those they mock.

Answer 3

The Catholic church does not place men and women in "role" categories...it simply recognizes the natural attributes of each and the roles such attributes naturally dictate. Men and women ARE different...this has been proven scientifically for those who choose to ignore all the anecdotal evidence. But NOBODY should be criticized for who they are...as long as they're not busy trying to tell everybody else who they should be.

Edit - People can choose where they want to live, but they cannot choose what gender they are born into. Your analogy is poor.

Answer 4

I do agree.

There's just way too much merit placed on labeling.

Answer 5

You are seriously confused. People are not playing " roles " but are living their lives as they see fit. What you seem to be proposing, is, that we should all act the way YOU think is best, instead of doing as we do. We are evolved animals with a long evolutionary history. You would place behavior that is at the tail of the normal distribution of behavior as more prevalent than the body of human behavior. Men have less emotional range, on average. Women are maternal, to a degree and on average. You make a big mistake when you think that people do not want to be this way. A typical social constructionists mistake.

Answer 6

I think on their personalities because you are correct, people are different. In my relationship I, the woman, am the dominate person and like many masculine things. My boyfriend is very lovey and likes our pets and sings to them and stuff. So I think gender roles should not be cut into stone, but mind you that the female and male brain and hormonal systems are different and most people are going to fall into their gender roles out of natural ability. But people should not pick their interest based on gender roles. I like many boy activities.

Answer 7

I completely agree! I think sexuality comes in a spectrum; we can't divide it up into completely male, completely female. Thus, since every person is different, we can't give them assigned roles.

I think the idea of pre-assigned roles based on our sex is just ludicrous and disgusting. As a women, I'm not expected to be as educated or strong-willed--I'm "supposed to be" submissive and maternal. We're American, so we should do what we damn well please!

The Bible is really what's ruining everything here, with the whole Adam and Eve thing. And how the women's job is to get laid and have kids and stay home, and basically serve Adam (that's basically why she was created). We need to shake people out of it and show how this book was written by sexist pigs.

Answer 8

I was going to answer this with my typical light humor but I actually like this question.
As a society, we need to accept each individual on their merits, works, and abilities and not stereotype or prejudge.
We spent an incessent amount of time in our society "labeling" for no other reason that to make ourselves comfortable with our own beliefs, values and perceptions and to put down those that don't think like we do.
Wouldn't it be nice to think we can find a way to grow up as a society and simply arrive at conclusions based on the self evident worth of each person regardless of gender, race, or faith based beliefs?

Answer 9

I understand and agree with you, but stereotypes for the male and female genders have been around longer than any others and I'm afraid that's one of those things that won't change for awhile. It's improving, obviously, with women's suffrage and more females holding higher positions and making more money in today's economy, but I feel like this puts men at a disadvantage for steps in the right direction to end stereptypes about them.

Answer 10

I agree with the Catholic church, and they DO NOT say that women are below men.