The topic of whether men are better than women has been one of the most debatable topics. Whether it is professional business, education, music, or even the simplest things such as who’s stronger, no one can fully agree on one gender. Norms of a woman is define as being feminine, weak, air heads, trophy wives, dependent upon men for financial means, and submissive. However, men in society are considered as being a protector, provider, strong, and so forth. Though this is so, there are women who go against the norm of being defined by others opinions.
The topic of men versus women was chosen because the society has created what the ideal man and woman should be. In many cases, people try to live up to the being man the provider and the woman being the wife and stay at home mom. Sometimes even the man being more stronger than a woman from an emotional/mental content or even ranking higher throughout various categories. The debate has caused what we now know as “double-standard”. This development has made it hard for women to even become more independent. Two artist that show the emotional aspect of the male versus female are Beyonce and Ciara. In Beyonce’s song If I were a Boy, she talks about a man living the “single” life though he is in a relationship and how they switch roles. When she talks about switching when she says
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man.
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
she is saying that she would provide the affection that the man does not show. It sort of makes the generalization and support the characteristics of the ideal man lacking emotion and being the one to hold things together.
Furthermore, Ciara talks about switching up the roles as well and pulling all of the stunts of being secretive and lacking affections as well to making the guy see what she’s feeling. In her second verse she states as exactly quoted:
Girl go head and be...
(Just Like Em')
Go run the streets
(Just Like Em')
come home late say sleep like em'
Creep like em'
Front with ya friends
Act hard when you're with em' like em'
(What)
Keep a straight face when ya tell a lie
Always keep an air-tight alibi
(Keep Him In The Dark)
What he don't know won't break his heart.
When she says “Just like ‘em”, she is referring to doing everything that males do. However, it raises the double-standard issue. It becomes the if he can do it why can I not do.
However, it is not only in music, but in sports. The WNBA ( Women’s National Basketball Association), have many great players like Lisa Leslie, Skylar Diggins, Candace Parker, and Candace Dupree. These women have matched the skill of many male athletes like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, any many more. But, no one talks about the woman as much as the men. The fact that they are women and are professional sports players show that they worked just as hard as the men did. For example, it is okay for men to do whatever because they are guys, but women cannot because of the controversy. As a result, it is okay for men to do things that women cannot physically, mentally, and emotionally because of the mindset of society.
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