Breaking the suffocating 'gender stereotype'

 When we were in middle school, in the late 1980s, there was a boy in our class who excelled in class, excelled in studies, and was kind. We appreciate you very much.

Breaking the suffocating 'gender stereotype'

At recess that time, we played horse jumping, one of the friends ripped the line of his pants along the shin.

The other boyfriend took out a small box from his bag, which contained a needle and sewing thread. At that time, we also knew that your mother passed away, your father often worked away. You know how to cook, you know how to sew, you can take care of yourself, and I'm fine.

But since then, everyone is afraid to talk about you, your image is also less masculine. Son, who is pointing out... We still talk about what happens if you get married in the future, life must be very unusual. Despite all that, your wife later told us, she was very happy. Not only are you dedicated to sharing housework, but you are also very skilled at doing them. Male classmates, when doing business up and down, also find friends to confide in and feel sympathy.

Boys don't need to know how to cook. Boys don't need to learn to sew. Boys do not Cry. Boys are not weak. Boys must know how to make money, must be successful, must be the mainstay. It is to picture men in opposition to women. It is also stifling gender stereotypes. It not only binds the woman in the kitchen, next to the sewing machine, but also makes the man ineligible for moments of fear, trembling, and failure as a human being.

Traditional gender stereotypes make women squirm in housework. But it also puts men under more pressure at work, demanding more financial success. In the end, those stereotypes overlap the family when "unfortunately" the woman makes better money than her husband, or the husband is willing to go to the kitchen to help his wife with the housework. Such cases are often seen as abnormal in terms of gender, even stigmatized.

The suffocation of this gender stereotype is similar to the suffocation of the family stereotype. As long as the view that the model family is enough is enough, the birth of a single child or the absence of a son is a shame for both parents and grandparents in the family.

According to Assoc. Prof-Dr. Pham Quynh Phuong (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences), social movements and policies must target the perpetrators of gender inequality as gender stereotypes, not just gender or gender. caused by the other world. Therefore, if the solutions focus only on women, it will lead to the assumption that men are the culprits of inequality. This makes it possible for men themselves to be left out in the process of promoting gender equality, while men themselves are pressured by gender stereotypes. Furthermore, when all genders are involved in breaking the stifling gender stereotypes, gender equality becomes more possible.

Obviously, if there is a pattern that brings happiness, it has to be sharing and loving. Rigid stereotypes are time to be left behind.