Gender roles. Loaded topic, I know.
Today was Kobe and Gigi Bryant’s memorial.
Originally, the topic for today was going to be “Should we stay friends with our exes?”
But after watching the memorial, I postponed that topic for next Monday.
I felt more passionate to talk about gender roles.
I know Mike and I share a similar stance on gender roles but we’re also very aware that the rest of the world does not share the same opinions as us and that’s OK! As a matter of fact, we welcome the different opinions.
Many career women are aggravated by men. They want a man to step up and lead…while a man pursuing a career woman might actually think she prefers to lead.
I think there are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to this topic because we don’t actually talk about it with each individual that we’re pursuing.
I sure do…I always ask a man questions to get a feel for his views on gender roles. If he thinks EVERYTHING must be 50/50, I’m out. That man isn’t for me. (If you’ve been watching The Anna Report long enough, you’ll know that I am against the 50/50 ideology. I believe in 100/100 partnership/marriage/friendship).
I hope more men would step up and ask the woman they have an intention of dating questions to clarify the mutual understanding of gender roles. Don’t be afraid to walk away even if she’s got all the physical attributes that your big guy down under desires.
We do not live in our grandparent’s era where we are born into given gender roles. We must write our own individual rules for our own selves and the relationships we choose to be in. Let’s also keep in mind that sometimes our views can change and evolve and that’s OK too!
If Kobe was born in the 1930s and pushed so hard to be a girl dad…do you think he would have been just as embraced or he would have been made fun of?
Do you think men are aggressive and women are submissive?
Do you think men are independent while women are dependent?
Are men dominant and women subservient?
Is it true that men are active and women are passive?
Do you think men are cruel and women are kind?
These are traditional gender stereotypes but are they true?
For some people, they might be true. For others only a couple of those are true…and for others these traditional stereotypes are a joke.
Truth is, there is a lot of confusion and I believe the only way to lessen the confusion is if we keep talking about it.
So in this episode of The Anna Report live…Mike and I talked about gender roles.
What are your preferred gender roles in dating and relationships?
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