Boys are often steriotyped against. Boys are thought of as "tough" and "show no emotion". Why do people think this way? People think that boys arn't boys if their not tough. I dont understand this because alot of boys arn't tough but that doesn't meen that they are not boys. Also reading, befriending girls, and just thinking are thought of as being weird, which no one wants to be. I want to put the steriotypes aside and say what you really think boys are.
I feel like times have changed, my generation no longer fits into the "tough guy" stereotype as much as it has in the past. Yes, boys still find the need to be taken as tough and not pushed around and your typical bullying still occurs frequently, but now more then ever from a young age boys are encouraged to talk to girls and act on their own impulses, not on what every other boy is doing. Maybe its just the way I was raised, but I've never found a reason to conceal emotions or interests just because I might not be taken as tough. Even in my life I have only been in two real fights and both times I think they were for genuine reasons: not because some boy called me a whimp and I had to defend my "toughness". As times changes boys will still be agressive and more violent than girls in sokme cases, but I feel there is a strong push to mature and not fit into the typical "tough guy" stereotype.
ReplyDeleteBoys are automatically put into some steriotypes such as being tough. Boys think they have to act a certain way to fit in and show that they have what it takes to be a man. Young kids shouldnt be pressured into haveing to think this way. People think that they are always going off doing something they shouldnt and always rough housing. For the most part this isnt always true. You dont have to be rough and tough to be a boy. You dont have to like sports either. People shouldnt steriotype boys or girls and they should just let them be kids and act the way they want.
ReplyDeleteIn todays society boys don't fit the "tough guy" stereotype. It's not something that is forced any more, to always show your toughness. There aren't many fights just to fight. Most fights occur because of an arguement not from one guy saying "You're a whimp". The stereotype boys fit into now is that they are more agressive than girls and are supposed to play sports. That stereotype however is starting to vanish because more and more girls are playing sports of all kinds. I think gender stereotypes for children are starting to go away and parents are allowing their children to choose how they act and the activities they do.
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