Those who identify as female or male, two genders that are taught certain things and think that we should live that way but we should be able to learn the same things. In the book ” Beyond The Gender Binary” page 27, ” We are taught from a very young age tha; this is how things have always been and this is the only way to live. We are taught that masculinity belongs to men, femininity belongs to women,.” Honestly we shouldn’t have to be living like this but we still see this today. Both genders should be treated equally and not at a point where a female should like certain things or a male. Going back to what I mention at the beginning, I remember my mother telling me about growing up that if people saw men cooking it would be an embarrassment for them because that’s something they shouldn’t do and that it’s only consider for women to do. Now imagine what those people have said that’s when you know society needed a change. Society hasn’t change at least to me because of how both female and male are still being treated. While I was reading the book “Beyond The Gender Binary” a part that stood out to me was when it was talking about how were doing the same thing for the next generation. On page 31, “We do the same thing to the next generation that was done for us. We divide billions of people into one of two categories and tell them that this is way thing’s are.” This is where we know that after each generation were still dealing with same issue. Gender can affect us in many ways and some are by the way we understand what gender is to us or the experience. When it comes to female and male I think about how both genders should be treated equally because everything would be different and in a good way such as making decisions, learning, behavior and the opportunities we both would have.

First of all I want to say I like the picture you picked for this first snapshot, also the color in the background is letting me know that it’s like a girly room. I see that there’s three people in the picture , a young girl, a woman and a man. Starting off with the men he is wearing a waist apron, has a vacuum in his hands and he is lifting the green couch with one hand. The woman in the picture has a book and a drink on her hand while wearing a dress. She is also just sitting on the couch. Lastly, the little girl in the picture is wearing a pink dress while watching T.V.
I can infer that the man is doing all the cleaning while the woman is just sitting. In my opinion I think that all three of them should be helping out each other as a team and not just one person cleaning. Also the woman in the picture is smiling at the men which probably means she is happy that the men are cleaning. It could also be that she is happy because she gets to rest for once. From what I heard back then is that men were embarrassed if they were seen by other people doing what women were supposed to be doing like cleaning or cooking. In my opinion I think that both genders should be able to learn the same things especially at a decent age. Going back to the picture we can see that the little girl is watching t.v, She could also learn and help out with the chores in the households and it’s actually not a bad thing that they learn how to do that it’s more of a helpful thing for themselves. Growing up my mother would show me how to do certain things like washing dishes, laundry, and mopping which are now useful to me in my present life. I wouldn’t know how to do those things without her help. I don’t really agree that men should only go to work and women stay in the household, because both should have the rights to work and could be in charge of the household together. Overall I think that both genders should be treated equally.