We started this week by talking about Masculinity, then transitioned into Femininity, interestingly enough, in my English class, we started reading Doll House and to begin,  we made a list of characteristics of males and females. Much of what we talked about was a direct parallel to what we discussed in sociology. We read an article, "Girls will be boys, but boys can't be girls." It discussed how women are encouraged to be liberated, to be strong,  and are now allowed to take on characteristics that in the past have, by society, have only belonged to males. But men are still harassed for having any "Feminine" qualities. My English teacher shared that although he is educated on this issue, he has still caught his thoughts falling into this stereotype. For her birthday party his young niece wanted to have a Bob the Builder theme, and he really didn't think there was anything strange about that, but when at a different time, his nephew wanted to dress up like The Little Mermaid, he though "Wow, that's weird." It think the argument this article described is a very important one to be aware of.  In a country where only a couple decades ago it was taboo for a girl to wear pants, I think that it is interesting that is now completely normal for a girl to wear a t-shirt,  jeans, and sneakers, but if a boy wants to wear a skirt or clothes that are considered "feminine," suddenly that is a huge ordeal.