First Draft: Abstract

My current understanding of gender and power is a mixture of feelings of what i see for both genders. i believe that gender is either male or female, and that depending on your gender it may affect one's power in the world and their social hierarchy. i also feel that males tend to have the upper hand in most cultures since they appear to be the more muscular or "though", where as women may have a strong will or drive, it can not always out weigh the males position that they are at the top. Women in some circumstances have the upper hand to achieve many things in their life to move up, in their career; however, depending on the society peopl may look down upon women and make it difficult for them to reach higher goals, or sustain their position in the world a strong driven independent women. i do believe some are for women, such physical demands. if a women can/wants to do such work then she should be able to do so without any grief, likewise if a male likes to garden, (a stereo type) he should not be looked down upon as a feminine male or un masculine.



Through out this class i have learned that males and females have to try and live up to what a society sees fit, ot their ideal act or position they play in this world. If either gender steps out of bounce it is looked down upson. I think it is imporatant for women to feel strong, confident and sexy all while being succesful, and those characteristics tend to clash in societies. How can sexy women, or a woman that is in shape and feels the need to flaunt herself to build her confidence, since she knows that is what most men crave, desire, want or like but is also a succesful women. Is it possible that both circumstances can fit? men in the other hand can be a masculinr successful male, but be praised upon in their careers since good looking, fit men are the "ideal man". When the tables turn and men become vulgar, crud or disrespectful it is normally because they either feel threatened from either another man or woman.

Many other situations and circumstances also arise such as difference in race, religion, social hierarchy and many others can also play a huge role in how others are treated within certain societies and how if ones space in "contaminated" from one of the previous circumstances mentioned there can be anger, jealousy, resentment along with many other feeliings that would affect one's comfert. I am still trying to find myself and where i fit in this world; however, i know what i want and how i feel, i just do not knwo how ti enforce it, within my social stance. Understanding one's own needs and wants can be difficult with other influences such as social norms, pressures and institutions around you and pressure from the outside enforces. Women will try to gain more power in the world while men will continue to either have the notion that they need to be masculine, and mean to gain more power among other men and women or men that are afraid of failure (as a man) and give in to temtation to be the same, because " being though is the right way". Not all men feel this way, but do not want to be shunned out. Just as a women who carry themselves well may not be looked down at because they are not the "ideal" women that men want to be striding around giving in to every need they want or crave.

Power comes from gender. Each gender has their own desires to get ahead, but there will always be set backs. I was raised to believe that females have the strength to do whatever they want in life, and to stand tall and do and say what you feel is right. Do not let others hold you down or back. This should also be the same for males. Each gender should have ambitions, and desires. People as a whole all around the world, with different races, religion, ambitions, ideas life values should agree to disagree. This could solve many problems among genders and power struggles around the world.