Examples Of Gender Polarization

An activity that I was engaged in that was not considered sex-appropriate was when I got my motorcycle licenses. This is a gender based prejudice example. Teasing or putting down females for engaging in activities that are stereotypically "male," such as learning to ride a motorcycle is wrong. According to the textbook, masculinity and femininity refer to traits believed to be characteristics of males and females. Gender is something that is taught, learned, emulated, and enforced. I feel that gender polarization is described in my activity as well, by being a male or female increases the probability that a person's life would be a certain way. Since I am a female I shouldn't have someone control my life and tell me what to do and what not to
do. Yes, there are a majority of men that ride motorcycles but I am a women and I don't need huge muscles or testosterone to ride a bike. I can learn just like they do.
In this activity I wanted to get my motorcycle license and buy a motorcycle. I first heard that women cant ride, only men could. My father was big on motorcycles and working as a mechanic. He would come up with amazing looking models of motorcycles. When I was young I always said when I get older I want a motorcycle even though I was a girly girl. I loved barbies and dressing up but I still wanted a motorcycle as my ride. I feel that if you always wanted to do something ever since you were young, you should achieve it. Never let anything stop you from gender discrimination. Men and women can do the same exact things if they set their mind to it. I would always get flirted on because you don't see to many girls ride bikes that are girlie girls. On the other side I would always get discriminated as well. People would tell me your a girl, why do you have a bike. People would also tell me you cant ride a motorcycle the same as a guy can. When I got my licenses I went right in for it and got a bike. I wanted to show people up and stand next to the women riders. The day I got road burn all over my body, was the day my friends and everyone around me damaged me. Nobody really thought I would get a
bike. Everyone warned me about the masculinity but also about the danger in myself outside and in. I achieved my goal from when I was a child and to showing men that women can ride as well. Now I feel that it is dangerous but any women out there should experience it if they want to. Others discouraged me from continuing on to pursuing my activity. I did show men that women can ride motorcycles just like they can.