CA Blogging Assignment #2

     My revised thesis for my first essay is"There should not be a framework for what one should do according to their gender," and the three main supporting ideas for this thesis are as follows. The first supporting point for my thesis is the change of gender roles over time. Today, unlike in the past, there is a growing population of working women and "ikumen," who are men who stay at home and raise their children. The second supporing point for my thesis is that people cannot be divided into two genders. There is a disorder called the Gender Identity Disorder, which is when someone has a body with a gender different than their heart. The third supporting point for my thesis is that individual differences come before gender. Not everyone can do everything that others of the same gender can do. Some people are clumsy, and some people are skillful. Also, people's specialties tend to depend on their family business or where they live.

CA Blogging Assignment #1

     The topic I chose for my first essay is the necessity of  gender roles and the historical reasons for having them. Gender roles came about over the course of years in history and perhaps have biological explanations as well. However, besides child-bearing and heavy physical work, I do not feel the necessity of assigning certain roles for males and females. I think gender roles are not a necessity but a tendency. People of the same gender tend to do similar labor, but this does not mean the other gender is not capable to do the same labor. For example, for a long time, it was the women's job to stay home, take care of the house, and raise the children. However, nowadays, there are many men called "ikumen" who raise their children on their own, and there are also a growing population of working women. Now that the gender roles have started to shift from one gender to another, do gender roles mean anything anymore? 

     My thesis is, "with the society and historical gender roles changing, there should not be a framework for what one should do according to their gender."