in the book they spoke about how the two respective genders are supposed to act a certsin way. the author highlighted the fact that the masculine and feminine traits date back to how society defined them in the past. they stated that men were supposed to be strong, assertive and territorial. while woman are more passive, fragile, open to all. these ancient ideas have been thrown out the window in today society. from music to tv and movies there are more and more signs of the new age man and woman. For example, in music there are alot more woman empowerment songs such as Indenpendent woman by Destiny’s Child and love song by Sarah Bareillei which really reaffirm the idea a new age woman who is strong, confindent and assertive. many of the same qualities men are suppose to have. this flip flop of gender identity is apparentin movies and tv as well. shows such as sex in the city, desperate house wives, and lipstick jungle all have similar characters of woman who are one there own who don’t need men to be happy and use the men they are with for their own gain thigns that men were type casted to be. this phenomenon also extends to the male side of the spectrum. it is now becoming more common to see the anit-man as i would like to call it. a man that shares more feminine traits than masculine. he would be okay with crying in front of people especially woman, he would enjoy watchign chick flicks, is fashionable and senstive. this is reinforced by the media too. there alot men wearing their hair long like woman and putting on make is icreaseing becoming more accepted in society. rockers, actors, and athletes all show one those traits i pointed out above if not all of them, and they are in the spot like and are the famous people spear-heading this movement of the gender flip.this not a bad thing any means. this is what is needed for both genders. i feel if this continues we will be able to gain a better understand of each other as males and females benefit from it so much.
~Ike
