I have a gender studies assignment that I need to submit today. - It's bad.

[Foolish Samurai Warrior]

Sounds like you got scammed out of your student loan money.

Well, good luck in academic hell.

Unfortunately for me, my degree is free, but I have to work for the government for some time.

Sweetie do you even English? Your father may be the patriarch of your family but that has zero to do with the kind of "patriarchy" they talk about in gender studies-DO YOU KNOW THAT?

Not really.

Hmmm. Okay. So this is pretty bad from an academic standpoint, but it does have words and citations. At this point in the game if I were the instructor and this passed the plagiarism checker, and I do see original thinking here at least, I'd give it a B- for a Freshman level course. What kind of school still allows Wikipedia as a reference?

Lol, the wikipedia reference was required for some reason. I had to link my sources to what I wrote haha.

What the hell kind of class asks you about previous relationships you've had? If I were you I'd file a title IX complaint over that alone.

Wasn't just for the class, it was to see our priorities in the trimester.

 

[Pina Colada]

I survived my Interracial Relations course by just regurgitating the same shit with different words (which in itself is social justice in a nutshell).

 

[Slimy Time]

I survived my Interracial Relations course by just regurgitating the same shit with different words (which in itself is social justice in a nutshell).

"Interracial Relations"...the fuck is that? Is it how you should interact around people of different colour (as opposed to treating them as you would anyone else), or is it a guide in how to get/let your wife get blacked?

Additon: I remember doing a course on basic contract law. What is offer, consideration, acceptance, termination etc, the basics to make sure you don't get screwed over when you read, sign or cancel one. No joke, one third to half of that course was about women, feminism and contract law.

The woman leading the lectures/seminars had us reading fake Supreme Court judgments written about real cases by feminist academics, where they get to LARP as a judge, but from a "feminist perspective". No surprise, they stuck out like a sore thumb because it read nothing like an actual judge's decision, and they even threw in law from alternative jurisdictions to justify their decisions (what the fuck does US, Aussie and NZ law have to do with a domestic case in Bongland, it has no jurisdiction?).

Worst still, we had an exam where doing the feminist question was much easier than tackling any of the other theoretical questions (which referred to specific cases or more intellectual theories), so everyone I knew became a feminist for the course of the exam to pick up easy marks.

 

[Shibaru]

could be worse, could've been written by a tumblrina

 

[Pina Colada]

"Interracial Relations"...the fuck is that? Is it how you should interact around people of different colour (as opposed to treating them as you would anyone else), or is it a guide in how to get/let your wife get blacked?

Pretty much the former short of giving them the red carpet treatment. At least it ain't Intro to Ebonics (which was an actual class my mom was required to take in her college days).

And believe me, I'm well-educated on the latter thanks to memes and 4chan.

 

[MrTickles]

The importance of cultural acceptance in current year;

-Promotes Harmony
-Demonstrates Professionalism
-Niggas got good dance moves
-Sand Niggers make great stews
-Wogs are excellent pastry chefs
-Chinks are real good with the noodle soups
-Pajeets got the spices down pat
-Meximutts know how to make a tasty meal with few ingredients

 

[Foolish Samurai Warrior]

Yeah you heard me correctly, I once again am having a gender studies thing! I already have a thesis statement and a study framework. And it's due tomorrow.
So what about gender stereotypes? Well I want to know, are they helpful or harmful? Some feel that it's harmful to make people feel limited in the way they act and think if they're of a certain gender. Others feel that it's not harmful because there should still be expectations of a gender, and straying too far means you're different.

Why the hell am I asking help from one of the most controversial sites in the internet? Because you've all laughed at people who do this stuff, and I wanna laugh in a subtle way by making it part of my research paper. So yeah, give me material about this!

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

Do Stereotypes even exist since gender expression is a fluid spectrum?

 

[Suburban Bastard]

All I know is, high school sports were the most masculine and immature time; we swore, made sexist jokes, racist jokes, hit each other, blasted meme music while running, constantly belittled each other. It was some of the most fun I've ever had in my life.

 

[MemeGray]

I'm not on board with something as restrictive as stereotypes but I do think gender guidelines or a gender boundary would be good, like men typically are better at heavy lifting and chicks tend to have more empathy so if you want to excel try to stay in your lane.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

Also what are the specific terms required for your paper bruh

 

[ConfederateIrishman]

Say whatever your Teacher/Professor wants; You're grade is more important.

 

[DumbDude42]

pick one of our tranny lolcows like rhys mckinnon and do a case study on him, then hand that in as your term paper lol

 

[Oskar Dirlewanger]

Gender stereotypes helped men to be trained for war, and women for the recreation of a warrior. RIP gender stereotypes.

 

[Foolish Samurai Warrior]

Here's pretty much my abstract:
Gender stereotypes are the expected behaviors and attributes of certain genders. They affect how people live by making them conform to certain behaviors and attributes. A lot of people feel that gender stereotypes actively ham what is expected of certain genders by making people conform to these behaviors and attributes. Some feel that gender stereotypes exist for a reason, and we shouldn’t make them just disappear because a few people feel uncomfortable. There should still be things expected of a gender some say, because straying too far can only cause trouble in how society will function.


Regardless of what one feels about gender stereotypes, it’s clear that gender stereotypes because of how society has been developed. Men and women have both been shaped by what the current society felt was the most appropriate for them. But in modern society, should there still be gender stereotypes? After all, with how open society has become, surely the best idea would be to let people be what they want to be while still identifying as male or female. By making sure gender stereotypes don’t exist, we don’t harm people who are different from these stereotypes. But should we really remove the expectations set for a gender? These expectations are what we use to identify people, and by removing these expectations, we make it that gender cannot be defined anymore.


So how should we approach this? I think that while gender stereotypes can be harmful and can hurt people's expectations, gender expectations are a better way to help define what a gender is. For example, we can expect a man to be competitive, but if he isn’t, that doesn’t mean he’s any less than a man, he’s just different. We can expect women to be better at helping children, but if there is a woman who is no good at that, that doesn’t mean that they’re not women. If there’s someone who has an attribute or acts in a way expected from the opposite gender, that doesn’t mean they’re not the gender they identify as.


But what if people use gender expectations to harm people, the same way they would use stereotypes? I don’t think that’s possible. Gender expectations are something that can be used to help guide someone who identifies as a certain gender at what others think would help them live in society. They are the norm in society, and you don’t need to be the norm to identify in a society. After all, we live in a society, but we don’t need to all live the same way. Most people are massive fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but disliking it doesn’t mean you can’t live in a society. The same should be said for gender. Gender is simply another way we identify each other, so while there should still be an expectations, there shouldn’t be a limit. These expectations are there to help you identify with a gender, not force you out of it.

 

[YourMommasBackstory]

Gender stereotypes are bad only when ppl think you are not men\women if you do not suite it.
Troons are the ones who are guilty of that thing - tho you expect to hear "girls should be always in makeup and in a dress" from an elder, conservative person, troons are the worst.
Wearing pants won't make me less feminine or less women.
If a troon wears a dress, it doesnt make him a women - he still is a men in dress.

 

[Clop]

Piece of cake, just paste in:

"Gender stereotypes are all harmful cus Democrats say so."

I mean unless your professor's a cool woman (let's face it, it's a woman) and she wants you to argue your views. Maybe start with the fact that stereotypically all gender studies professors are women. See if her head implodes.

 

[Positron]

Say whatever your Teacher/Professor wants; You're grade is more important.

Gender sterotypes gave your profs their job. Therefore you must say it is double-plus-good.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

But what if people use gender expectations to harm people, the same way they would use stereotypes? I don’t think that’s possible. Gender expectations are something that can be used to help guide someone who identifies as a certain gender at what others think would help them live in society. They are the norm in society, and you don’t need to be the norm to identify in a society. After all, we live in a society, but we don’t need to all live the same way. Most people are massive fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but disliking it doesn’t mean you can’t live in a society. The same should be said for gender. Gender is simply another way we identify each other, so while there should still be an expectations, there shouldn’t be a limit. These expectations are there to help you identify with a gender, not force you out of it.

Doesnt mean you cant live in a society YET

and we live in clown world (not a society)

 

[heyilikeyourmom]

You’ve done as many gender studies as there are genders.