The concept of gender is a highly debated and controversial topic in today’s news.We have all been taught and socially pressured into being either male or female, based on our genitals and sexual characteristics. By going around in a simple everyday store, we can see how we are both pressured into our assigned at birth […]
A look at toys, and what gender stereotypes that they reinforce.
In this 48 year journey of commitment, this couple, my adopted parents. They have been married for 48 years and have continued to assume their own gender roles as a what I call an “old fashioned” heterosexual couple. In this strand of photos, we will discover a few key moments that “qualify” for “doing” gender and also how they are more of a traditional heterosexual “old fashioned” couple. I have discovered how they also want to do these things for each other not only is it their “duties” to each other. They love each other greatly and even though it is not how I would choose to be, but it works for them.
My brother and I have tend to have overlapping interests but our gender effects our tastes within those interests.
This post takes a look at traditional gender roles within the home and how not all families/couples/groups do the roles that society expects them to do. This photo essay depicts how sharing chores around the house redefines traditional gender roles by taking away the idea that women are in charge of all household duties .