Women

Again - I don't mean to offend or anything... these are just thoughts. Please respond with your own! :)

So, there are areas of the modern world, mainly western cultures, that pride themselves on their maturity, technology, and (our topic) equality.

But, is the modern, western culture still sexist?

I know some males that would say no. I think most females would say yes.

We know it is still happening; there are certain expectations people have for different things. If a male worked in a beauty salon, people would think he is gay, and if obviously he is not, they may not want him to work on their hair. Some females think that, being a guy, what could he really know about hair? Or if a female worked in a hardware store. If a man came to the store for help, he is more than likely not going to ask the female for help. If he, as a male, cannot figure out his problem, what could a girl know?
[ Note: these individuals may know the most in the whole world about the topic at hand, but because they are in nontraditional roles, that doesn't matter. They are already judged.]
These normal, daily expectations are what show us there is still sexism. But why?

I understand that in many situations, yes the male may not know some things about hair and no, the female may not always be able to solve a "hardware store" problem. It is the fault of our society that females are not encouraged to play with tools and figure out how to fix things; or that males are often outright discouraged from playing with dolls or hair. If these two individuals had grown up doing these 'nontraditional' things, they may be even better equipped to help in those situations.

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One thing about equality is that it will be hard to know when we are truly there. People who are apart of these groups that were minorities and without equality will(possibly) have it set into their minds the unfairness of the world and in their individual situations. If a woman goes into an interview and doesn't get the job, she can always tell herself it is because she is a woman. If she does, she can subconsciously think it is because the location needs more "diversity". If the minorities are unable to let go of these preconceptions, we may never get to equality.

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I understand that there are things that women may be better at. I understand that they are things that men may be better at. But I think the place our culture is at (American culture at least), does not allow for an honest judgment that is not tainted by preconceived ideas.

I want to see a place where labels are not used this way.

Thanks for reading! Please respond!
~Aria