Thoughts on “The opposite sex” By Steven Dolff

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The Opposite sex s basically a story re a professor tells some children to think what the other gender behaves and what would you do if you were the opposite sex. Not to my surprise he male children did not know what to respond at least some of them, the ones who did manage to respond say some stereotypical responses like: “stay in the house cleaning” or “comforting my husband”. Because in reality many male children don’t really care about female (for their age) and many have a tainted view on how a women beave. In the other hand the female children answer by saying: “being fifty in the mud” or “working hard” also the female children have a tainted view on how a male should behave and what they are supposed to do. There are more examples and questions that the professor asks to the children but for me this are the most critical of them.

When I read this and analyze the story I can’t help but to feel bad nit just for the children but for me. Because I used to think like that and I used to criticize a person based on their gender not on what they are good at, and that’s bad.  Thankfully I think that we lived in a society that is pushing forward and many on the gender stereotypes are being ignored and instead we are using a merit system to analyze a person’s ups and downs. And for me that is very important for society.

Work cited

Pittman, Cynthia. The opposite sex by Steven Dolff. reflection by Gabriel Valcarcel. UPRRP. Febuary 15 2018