Stereotypes In Today's Society

Today's society is ever changing. Everyday there is some new game or app. There is a new way to everything and most people are perfectly fine with that. Along with technology there is another thing changing in society, gender and social roles and the equality that comes with it. People are still fighting to this day because women are not held to the same standard as men. Men are also not help to the same standard as women in some cases. Transgender people are not held to the same standard as everyone else because they have changed they way they are. If people continue to have this mindset today’s society will never progress to its full potential.

According to the oxford dictionary, gender is the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones). A new issue that has become more relevant is transgender. Transgender is when a person feels their physical body does not match their mind. This has been around for many years but only recently has it become a topic in today's media. Many people do not agree with the
Back in the day women were housewives and men went to work. Many of today's generation parents are not seeing this. More women are working but they are not being held to the same standard. Women are believed to lack leadership, some do not get paid the same as their male co-workers but for men they are not being held to the same level of smartness. In the article "Bossy, The Other B-Word" they bring up the issue of women and men in leadership. Why is it that when a woman is in charge they are seen as bossy but when a man takes control he is a leader? "When a little boy takes charge in class or on the playground, nobody is surprised is or offended. We expect him to take control"(228). Men and women have the ability to do the same job, and get the same results, so why is someone's work ethic determined by their