Gender Norm Violations

A masculine man is described as a tough- rigid man that always knows where the nearest weight room is located. Society has created this image in each and every one of us that defines the roles of men and women in everyday life. Further on I will take a deeper look on how an individual’s culture affects his or hers gender identity. Gender stereotypes are a part of our daily routine; they can be seen on television or almost any product in the bathroom. Even better gender stereotypes affect what you wear, what you buy, and who you are. I believe finding a norm to violate that is associated with being a male is far too easy; for instance after reading the Man laws I had countless amount of options. Thinks like two men should never, under any
Gender is often confused with sex so to better understand the difference between the two. I shall define them both. “Sex" refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women. These characteristics or traits determined by sex should be relatively constant across cultures. Whereas "Gender" refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. These traits and behaviors related to a gender might vary from culture to culture. Now that gender has been defined we can get a better understanding on how I will attempt to violate this socially constructed gender norm. Gender identity is defined as a personal conception of oneself as male or female. This concept is intimately related to the concept of gender role, which is defined as the outward manifestations of personality that reflect the gender identity. Gender identity isn’t based I
I did this gender role violation experiment at the nail salon that is located in the Cherry Valley mall. When I was at the nail salon I did not feel as if I was violating any gender role as a man. The employees treated me with a professional attitude that didn’t seem to change when confronted by different sexes. While waiting for the cosmetologist to prepare the massage chair and adjust the water temperature. I was able to view the large variety of different colors of nail polish. At this point in time I started to feel uncomfortable about painting my toes any shade of pink. T hats when it hit me, consciously I was aware that I was doing this experiment, basically for a grade. But something inside me said “there is no way in hell I'm going to walk out of here wearing bitch flops with pink toes.” That voice that came deep within me was not a natural instinct. I was not born with this idea that pink toes should only be on the foot of a women. This idea was socially constructed so we can have a fine line between men and women. I believe men and women are more comfortable interacting with each other when this distinction is