Summary Of There Is No Unmarked Woman

The Agenda Dilemma
Visualize walking into a coeducational marketing job interview in the middle of August. Because the company neglected to inform anyone that there was no air conditioning, you and the 20 other applicants are sweating inexorably in a compressed room. The email sent out stated to dress business attire so everyone including yourself is sporting a long sleeve dress shirt and tie, however, one male is wearing a tank top and shorts. Based on how everyone in the room is staring at the “fish out of water” what are the chances he gets a position by the actual interviewer? There is a stigma of normalcy in the adult world where every person (whether publicly or privately) is stereotyped, translating to no true freedom of self-expression. Deborah Tannen, the author of “There is No Unmarked Woman,” talks about the traits that people are stereotyped on
Tannen a feminist, believes that there is no woman on earth “unmarked” because of both the choices they make and their appearance. She describes marked as being judged in a biased way but neglects the male community, stating the way they present themselves can cancel out the judging. Michael Kimmel, author of “Bros Before Ho’s: The Guy Code,” refutes Tannen’s biased claim that men can't be marked with examples of male stereotyping. Kimmel’s article is all about how society deems men to follow the guy code as he explains why men abide by it in an effort to bash the social stigma of it. Tannen's biased approach of only women facing hardships is exploited by Kimmel as he explains the agenda of the hypermasculine male community. However, both authors do consolidate with each other in exhibiting how the two genders are unknowingly trained by society to police each other, therefore supporting the understanding in society's stigma of gender markers