How gender is represented in society.

What do I know about gender in society. As a member of society I can truly say that I know much about how gender is represented. Almost everything that we do is intertwined with gender. Society is a reflection of the everyday attitudes and activities that others. Men and women are both influencing society with their interactions with both men and women. For example: It is my assumption that women like guys who are muscular rather than those that are skinny. So when I go to a grocery store, I am bombarded by protein powder adds with the picture of the really ripped guy who is being massaged by the really attractive girl. Women are encouraged by men to be thin so anytime I see a movie collection at a store there is always a really skinny girl on the front cover of a dvd labeled "Get thin fast!". This is one of the many examples in how both men and women affect society and thus become intertwined in it. Gender is represented differently for both male and female. For instance, guys are encouraged by society to be masculine or rugged. The self-made man who enjoys working on cars, enjoy a good football game, and maybe boxing too. Women, however, are encouraged to be "feminine". Instead of working on cars, enjoying a football game, and boxing, society says that women should enjoy something less violent like: shopping for clothes, pajama parties, and many other stereotypical feminine things to do. The list could go on and on about how men and women are encouraged by society to act differently in different situations but I would rather not fill up two-hundred pages with it. What I hope to learn from this class is more than becoming a better writer. I hope to learn about some deeper meanings to why society is the way it is and how men and women are both fit in. A quick example of this would be why did I put men in front of women when I say men and women. Is it because men is a shorter word? Is it because m comes first in the alphabet before w? Could it be that I myself am coerced by society to do put men in front of women? These are the types of questions that I want to answer and I hope to be able to one day with the help of this class and the newfound ability of writing which I hope to have by the end of the semester.