¶ … women and men differently. Men see men as different and often are afraid to be alone without discussion of "sex." The woman is marked differently than a man, but is she?
GENDER AND SEXUALITY
How are gender and sexuality socially constructed? Are men and women different in the workforce? Should men be able to be who they are without discussion of women? What are the masks that women wear? Why? Often men are afraid to be with a group of males without discussion about women. Women are considered marked. Why is this? How does this fit into life? Women are discriminated at home, at work, and in life by both males and females. Men are unmarked by women and men. However, no man or women should be considered "marked," but as the individual who they are.
When men and women think about women, they often have thoughts of the "sexy" women, the "co-worker," the "mother" and the "sister." Deborah Tannen described different women in her article (291). She states that the woman is "marked." One of the examples can be seen in her description of the woman that could be classified as Cleopatra with brown hair with wavy bangs who wore little make-up and medium heels could be a co-worker or friend. She is not dolled up to be a "sexy" woman. This is discrimination because this woman could easily be a "knock-out," "sexy," or "the wife." Just because she has brown hair doesn't make her un-sexy. Yet, if you asked a man if this description was sexy, most of them would answer "no." Why is that? Women should be able to wear business attire and still be sexy. Brunettes can be just as sexy as any blonde. On the other hand, who knows what a woman is until she is behind closed doors. Tennan's descriptions of the different women are typical of most people describing different people at work or in the marketplace. Her strong viewpoints of women as "marked" and men as "unmarked" can be argued, but in many ways she is right. Women and men have images of different women as stereotypes; such as the blonde is usually "dumb" and "sexy." The woman wearing a tight jumpsuit with heels is...
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