I want to start my blog post off by saying that Caleb rocks! I had such a grand time in class (mainly through laughs). So anyway, I lot of things that were mentioned about the idea of gender and geek culture struck to be true. But one statement stuck out to me the most during our conversation on Friday. Caleb mentioned that society has tried to frame what women want (to be independent and strong), and there was a student who figured that this statement was true. Caleb responded by saying that women don’t want to be spoken for, but rather told that they can be anything rather than something specific.
I would have to agree with this idea. Whether society tells us what women are/what for the best, or for the worst (women aren’t gamers), I think it is important for people to reconsider the ideas given. I could of sworn that men found it hard to put their fingers on women because they are such a complex species, and here we are labeling women for who they “are”. It is easy to take what is on the outside of the woman and not consider what she is really defined as. Women now-a-days have to prove who they are in their given claims because it is seen as very farfetched.
What is a solution for this? Honestly, the ladies should keep proving men/society wrong. In the eyes of a woman it must be quite entertaining. Common human nature can be difficult to undo, but it can be impacted.
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