Eighteen years old and from a fairly small town, roles of gender play a big part in the everyday upbringing of the "All American Family". Films, media, and even cable television work to portray gender roles to the youth of America. The male, always as the strong dominant character, while the woman plays the role as the gentle caregiver. Society wants us to give authority and strength to the species with the XY chromosome, while us double "X"'s are addressed as the secondary specie. Not only does gender, as in male and female, create issues in society, but race and ethnic background creates social issues as well. Latino's and African Americans are looked down upon while whites prevail, but in what way does skin color and angle of the eye lid make you inferior to porcelain skin males?
I would like this class to help me to understand if what society, along with history and media, is telling me is in fact all true. Will the male species always have dominancy over females? I expect that this class could disillusion any stereotypes that some may have, and give power back to the minorities, along with a deeper understanding and new found respect as well. I would like to see how people in general could get past gender roles and take necessities, leaving gender and minority out of it of course, and maybe achieve something for the greater good of the human race.