Gender Roles are Simply Made Up

What is the impact of gender roles that society creates and enforces?

       According to the dictionary, the definition of the word ‘gender’ is the state of being male or female. But in my opinion, the word ‘gender’ should not be a permanent way to differentiate people from one another. The definition of the words ‘gender role’ put together is the public image of being male or female that a person presents to others.But again, this image of being male or female is not the same image throughout the entire human population. The way a person wants to present themselves to others should solely consist of their own opinion of what that gender does. In reality though, it is not that easy. Society unfortunately contributes to this image and what the ‘right’ image should be among each gender. It is a known fact that most people do not like the idea of ‘different’, therefore they set expectations on everything; even the way each gender should act. This does not only apply to gender roles, but also to people who might be confused with their gender in the first place. Unfortunately for people who are confused with their gender, gender roles, or sexuality, they are frowned upon by society. Although there are many people, including myself, who do not go by most of what society does or thinks, the whole idea of ‘society’ is very contradictory.  It is contradictory because we as a people make up society, so we as a people can change the mentality of society. We can change the impact of things that society creates and enforces if we just open our minds up a little. It is okay for a man to be a nurse or a woman to be a doctor; it is okay for a man to wear a wig or nail polish or for a woman to have short hair and never wear dresses; it is okay for a man or woman to stray away from society’s “perfect image” because it is okay to be different and have your own “perfect image”.