Flowers for Me?
17 February 2005
In this modern age when everything seems to be 'accepted' by the society, it comes to me as a shock that people still put genders on things like colors, names, jobs, and so much more... and in my case... flowers.
As a child, I was brought up that blues are for little boys and pinks are for lil girls. Mechanic is a man's job while a caregiver is that of a woman. Maria is for manang and Mario is for kuya. But for flowers, let it be the local sampaguita or the imported holland tulips, these are automatically linked with the female gender.
Why? Some say that since it is the reproductive part of the plant, people associate it with that of a woman. Yeah right! As if some flowers don't have stamen (male reproductive part of the flower- yes, alfred, i know my biology better than a grade 5 student). Or probably, flowers look delicate and weak. So are these people saying that women are delicate and weak like a flower? Na-AH!
Flowers for me?
I answer, "why not?"
6 burp(s):
and still you removed it.
11:09 AM
di ko gusto sa design kaya ko tinanggal
11:51 AM
"for every woman who is tired of acting weak
when she knows she is strong,
there is a man who is tired of appearing strong
when he feels vulnerable
for every woman who is tired of acting dumb,
there is a man who is burdened with the
constant expectation of "knowing everything",
for every woman who is tired of being
called an "emotional female",
there is a man who is denied
the full right to weep and to be gentle
for every woman who is called unfemenine
when she competes,
there is a man whom competition is the
only way to prove his masculinity
for every woman who is tired
a sex object,
there is a man who must
worry about his potency
for every woman who feels tied down by her children,
there is a man who is denied full
pleasure of parenthood
for every woman who is denied of meaningful
employment and equal pay,
there is a man who must bear financial
responsibility for another human being
for every woman who is not taught
the intricacies of an automobile,
there is a man who is not taught
the satisfaction of cooking"
and
for every man who takes a step towards
his own liberation,
there is a woman who finds the way to freedom
has been made a little easier.
Go go ben, keep marching on!!!
Happy valentines! and here o... imaginary flowers for you!:)
12:04 PM
did i start it all?! pis! :D
3:18 PM
yesterday, i was tryin' to write my "say", something like what you've just posted here - why do people put gender on things, jobs, etc. - because i noticed people have been commenting a lot on that flower thingié. but the tag board doesn't have enough space. and of course, i cannot just put my comment anywhere in your other entries.
well, you've said it. and i agree.
i do not know what else to say. it's just that...
some women put higher respect for men who are not afraid to show their real selves. Ü
9:16 PM
hmm...well,it's a stereotype, an unwritten norm not just in our society. I believe you're right though. People just can't get over stereotyping and when you deviate, society would have a difficult time taking you in. Blame it on society, on the twisted concept of masculinity, on the unfair perception of women, on the people, like you and I, who, more or less, tolerate it.
- suzi
10:46 PM
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