Isn't that sort of like say Asians are good at math?
2007-09-13 17:09:25 · 17 answers · asked by Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Of course it is...broad and sweeping statements like that - applied to men and women - are always stereotypes.
2007-09-14 01:21:47 · answer #1 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. If you're the kind of girl who'd rather be able to live a lifestyle that is more "male" than "female", then being male is definitely easier.
For example, I'm sorta a tomboy. I've pretty much NEVER fit in all that well with other girls. As a child, I always wanted to play the games that the boys were playing. When we went to McDonald's, I always wanted the boy's toys. I always hated dresses and skirts and pretty frilly things and all that **** that people associate with femininity.
Even now, I hate wearing makeup and looking all "cute" everyday. Almost all the girls at my university do that, and because I don't I tend to stand out. I don't wear makeup, and I mostly just wear T shirts and jeans (stuff a GUY could get by with easily). I hate the fact that I'm "expected" to devote SOO much time to my appearance...it's such an insignificant thing, why should I devote such a huge portion of life to it? And why should I have to just sit back and let a guy pay for me if I'm on a date? I'm not a freeloader...for the love of God let me pay my own way, don't treat me like I'm some weirdo just because I want to use my own money! And aside from all this, there are so many other things about being female that I hate so much, that males don't have to deal with.
In short, for ME, life as a male would be MUCH easier. I don't know if it's easier "in general", but for MY personality, it would be. All these things that men on here are bitching about wouldn't bother me all that much. Not saying that they don't have a right to be upset about them, because they're perfectly legitimate arguments...it's just that if I were a male, I wouldn't really care about them.
2007-09-13 22:33:15 · answer #2 · answered by G 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Who is assuming this? Most of the people who answered the question asked earlier on the same topic said females had it easier. So what is it? And who says? And it's exactly like saying Asians are good at math.
2007-09-13 18:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by teeleecee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A. I never heard anyone say that men have it easier. If they did, then I think they are misguided.
B. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Not every Asian is good at math, and there are many people equally talented at math from every other ethnic group under the sun.
But you just can't deny that there are a lot of Asians who are really good at math. It's better if we just deal with things like this instead of trying to bushwhack people with them and call them racists...
2007-09-13 18:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by Steve-O 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My husband says he doesn't think males have it easier than women. He says that they have very limited roles in life. They're expected to be providers and if they want to do something else with their lives, then that somehow makes them less manly. He also says that it's more acceptable for women to work in predominately male occupations than the other way around. It's more acceptable for a woman to wear men's clothing than it is for men to wear women's clothing. A girl can play with toys intended for boys but if a boy plays with dolls, then he's a sissy. Boys are pushed into certain activities such as sports more than girls are. He says that men aren't supposed to show pain, cry, or even see a doctor. If he does those things, then he's somehow less manly.
2007-09-13 18:18:07 · answer #5 · answered by RoVale 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Right again.
In life no one has it easier than the next person.
Some may perceive that in some professions one sex has the upper hand, but in my experience I have not found this to be so.
Perhaps people hold these stereotypes just to appease their own short comings.
2007-09-13 17:19:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its definately a stereotype. Personally I believe that no gender has it easier/harder as opposed to the other. However in other countries that may be different, where women are forced to being submissive, timid mice.
But here in Australia I would say each has their own trials.
2007-09-13 17:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by dewberry 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Of course it is. Men, being people, have it just as hard as women. Life is not easy at times and it can be a struggle to find even a job that pays enough to survive.
2007-09-14 00:51:36 · answer #8 · answered by sashali 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only attractive women with a good upbringing have it reliably easier than anyone else. I don't resent them for this, I just wish most of them weren't taken.
2007-09-14 03:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I feel like im a samurai falling on my sword on this one
Yep it is a stereotype that males have it easier
Just like it is a stereotype that females have it easier
(hides in a corner hoping no one notices's )
2007-09-13 17:39:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋