Journal 8

We finished talking about the women's movement already, but it was a part of the struggle for equality theme that I didn't cover yet. It wasn't very long ago that women got the right to vote; however, I believe that gender discrimination isn't a major issue anymore. Obviously, it will never completely go away, but I personally see it as less of an issue than racial discrimination today.
What I do notice sometimes is discrimination of, not men against women but, women against men. It comes from simple sayings like, "Your a man, lift that heavy load!" but some phrases that seem harmless could really hurt someone elses feelings.
One time, a boy in my class didn't hand in his homework all week and the girls said, "That's just like a boy. A lazy bum." I didn't like that and it offended the rest of the boys in my class because they handed in all their work.
Also, a boy in gym class couldn't catch a baseball very well and girls mocked him by saying, "What are you a girl?!" and "Aren't you good at this? Your a guy after all." I found that especially disturbing because they were bad-mouthing him and themselves by stating that boys should naturally be good at sports.
In my mind, males and females should be on the same playing field in society. That's true gender equality. The only difference I can see between the genders is that girls can have babies and men can't.