How our society separates men and women

Boys like blue, girls like pink. Men don’t cry, women do. Men go to work, women stay home. These are just some of the stereotypes that attempt to organize us into categories, every day.

No matter where we are or how old we are, stereotypes exist everywhere.

They are in the movies we watched as children. They are everywhere. No matter how old you are, stereotypes follow you everywhere. You are exposed to them at a very young age. Something I would definitely change in the world are the gender roles that we have forced upon one another.

What is a stereotype anyways? Who created them? Why do most of us feel we need to fit these labels?

A stereotype is a label that society has created and dictates what someone should be like. Most people feel the need to fit these labels because they feel unsafe about not being feminine enough or masculine enough.

But, what if these stereotypes about men and women never existed? How would you feel? I know that I would feel much better about myself if these standards never existed.

I would feel better about trying different sports and not being called out because I am a girl and I wouldn’t hear the old “like a girl” line.

Everyone, in my opinion, would feel more free without stereotypes.

I believe that we shouldn’t rely on these stereotypes to define who we are, as individuals. We shouldn’t rely on them to define what men and women are.