Gender equality is a huge issue in our modern society. From happening on TV to even in our own home. It all starts off with being exposed to gender equality and stereotypes from a very young age and we don't even know it. For example, Disney. We all know that the Disney princesses are tall, long flowing hair, unrealistic body proportions, big eyes and perfect skin. Even though they are just animated characters, they still have an affect on young girls making them think that's what they need to look like in order to get a guy or to have a fairy tale life. For the princes in the Disney story's, they are tall, have mussels that are unrealistically big, defined bone structure and very handsome. You always see them trying to get the girl by fighting off dragons, or climbing to the highest room in the tallest tower of the castle. No one looks like these characters or acts like them.
For me, when I'm older and done high school, I want to be a makeup artist. And this kind of profession can be very sexist at time. Most of the time, it's women that are wearing the makeup and doing it, but when you see a guy doing makeup or even wearing it, society just makes these assumptions that they're gay. This isn't always true. This doesn't affect what I want to do in the future, but it may affect some other people's choices.
My family is like any other family. A mom, a dad, and me. For us, gender equality isn't a huge issue in out house. All of us take turns doing the laundry, cleaning, and doing other jobs around the house. We do have a small family, and we all need to help out around the house. Doing this has given me the chance to create good relationships with my parents.
The roles of gender in our society, in my opinion are not fair. For example, the women in movies are often times portrayed as the innocent ones who are so beautiful and get the guy at the end of the story. This kind of thing doesn't happen in real life. Movies try and make women seem flawless with perfect lives. This is why so many people have huge expectations in life instead of making goals to achive these lives. Fot the men, their tall, handsome and get the girl at the end of the story. Like women, this doesn't happen. Maybe some people have lives like these, but this type situation doesn't always exist. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie where the man had the women's roles and the women had the men's role. Things need to change.