gender expectations

Robsweezie

are they an issue for you? do you resent being told to "take it like a man" and the old "man up"? and what about "acting like a lady" and the like? do you resent ideas of what either gender should be?

Mr_Muffin

Don't have a clue mate.

Zippie84

Robsweezie wrote: »

are they an issue for you? do you resent being told to "take it like a man" and the old "man up"? and what about "acting like a lady" and the like? do you resent ideas of what either gender should be?

well, no, obviously not... cos... like, you know... I get ultra soft earplugs cos I'm of the woman species.

Links234

http://explosm.net/comics/2861/

Tilly

I probably should act more like a lady tbh

*burp* *parp*

I've a serious potty gob on me.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Not at all. Very outdated attitudes those and I can't recall any of them used in a long time.

Tilly

Joy Refined Microcomputer wrote: »

Not at all. Very outdated attitudes those and I can't recall any of them used in a long time.

I love you Joy Refined Microcomputer, you're old yet down with the kids

Turtyturd

I don't have any issue with the phrases as I think they have gone beyond being so literal and are just throwaway phrases now.


Gender ideas/expectations annoy me, especially when you see little kids being conditioned into them.

Duggy747

All I hear these days is "Mansplaining" or "Man tears"

Anyways those phrases in the OP don't bother me, my skin isn't that thin.

'Take it like a man' and 'Act like a lady' are just clumsy ways of asking people to behave like adults, I wouldn't get my drawers in a bunch over it even if they are outdated concepts when expressed like that.

I don't need telling anyway, I am a lady. :P

Links234

In all seriousness though, I get a lot of that crap from my mum, telling me how I should wear a dress, put some lippy on now and again, stop ruining my pretty face with all those piercings, etc... Not listening to it! I'm at my happiest wearing jeans, t-shirt and a pair of docs.

Mesrine65

Links234 wrote: »

In all seriousness though, I get a lot of that crap from my mum, telling me how I should wear a dress, put some lippy on now and again, stop ruining my pretty face with all those piercings, etc... Not listening to it! I'm at my happiest wearing jeans, t-shirt and a pair of docs.

To thine own self be true, the rest be damned

Turtyturd

Links234 wrote: »

In all seriousness though, I get a lot of that crap from my mum, telling me how I should wear a dress, put some lippy on now and again, stop ruining my pretty face with all those piercings, etc... Not listening to it! I'm at my happiest wearing jeans, t-shirt and a pair of docs.

My OH got this off my gay uncle before...really should have told him to man up.

Take it like a man?

Sorry, I don't go in for these backdoor shenanigans. Sure I'm flattered, maybe even a little curious, but the answer is no!

The Strawman Argument

I'm male and from a background of struggling small farmers, the only sensible option would be to resent them hugely

El_Duderino 09

I'm a man so I don't mind being told to 'man up'. Wouldn't motivate me if I were told to 'woman up'.

'Man up' usually means 'behave like an adult' or 'put your emotional reaction aside and do what needs to be done'.

'Nut up' and 'ovary up' usually means the very same as 'grow up'

TheBeardedLady

No, never and never did. Some people have ideas of what the genders should be like but they've rarely entered my realm and stayed, thank fook.

Robsweezie

Robsweezie wrote: »

are they an issue for you? do you resent being told to "take it like a man" and the old "man up"? and what about "acting like a lady" and the like? do you resent ideas of what either gender should be?

You sound like a reporter looking for a quote "Do you resent it?" and then the next morning the headline is "This guy here SLAMS Feminist or Masculinist views on this that or the other "

Gender expectations are not an issue for me, an upset for me, a guide for me, it is just WHITE NOISE.

Tell me "take it like a man" I would just ask you "Well outline my options here.... how would a woman take it...... i need to work out the ups and downs of this...... "

Stinjy

I'm not in Ireland, but over here there is an ad that asks children what they think it mean to "Run like a girl" or "throw like a girl" now I know these are chopped and edited but most of the lads seem to do something pathetic and the girls just act normally, the bases of the ad is stop putting gender roles on kids and they'll do just fine!

I think the phrases used in the OP are just forms of saying suck it up. Though I do hate so much when others tell me I should wear more dresses and make up etc. My response is - this is me like it or lump it! Much prefer the comfort of Jeans a hoody and some cons!