Week 9

Unfortunately sexism is a big part of our world.  It is a hard thing to avoid when we are assigned a gender at birth.  From our early stages of schooling we segregate ourselves to our sexes.  Each group learns different idioms that are very intricate to how that gender communicates and acts with one another.  It is a hard habit to break, but in writing it is important to realize that no one thing you are reporting about is gender specific.  It is easier to write about the brave fire fighter, no one cares what gender the person is they only care about the story of their heroic deeds doing their job.  I think when we break from the gender specific wording we get past the shock value of a “woman doing a man’s job” or visa versa.  When we forget about how we are different we can really start writing about what is important, how we are the same.