The stereotypical or the stereotypes are the norms of
assessing a gender. The very archetypal syndrome which is expected from a specific
gender is ‘ thankfully’ a borrowed
one with a lot of deviance and anomalies,
variety does not find a place, everything is subjugated to pre conceived notion
derived, set rules. Talking about third world countries, the progress
is still on a lower graph but yes in urban India, people have started to think.
That surely lays the first stone
Few observations -Parent's story from the shelf
- · My son cried a lot while watching a movie
- · My daughter is obsessed with mechanical gizmos’
- · My brother loves to cling with soft toys
- · My daughter loves it when she does not use make up
- · My son plays with utensils; he has no eyes for other male specific toys
- · My daughter loves black and blue
- · My son says he would paint his wall pink
- · My daughter is football frenzy, she has those hysterical outbursts while watching a match
- · My son, he never takes the pain to turn on the sports page...weird na
These goes on, the rhythm somewhere sets a different tone
for the conventional social class. But what is norm, who sets the benchmark.
The yardstick to delineate what is right for the other is according to a
specified barometer.
Each one of us have varied spectrum of thought mechanism.... are born
with multidimensional behavioural skills and
have a natural tendency towards life. Is it right to
turn the steering according to the social perception and mould natural efficacy?
So, next time try to think as a liberal parent....the boy
might have an eye on the pink shirt on the shelf...or the little girl rightfully
approves her tanned skin after a rebellious football match..
The gender story is so well constructed by us....can we ever
come out of that armour...rightfully...ever?
