Gender Roles and Stereotypes 👨👩

I feel like there is a lot to learn in this country😡

We are sometimes very ignorant and I think it isn't our fault, because "machismo" and gender stereotypes are instilled in the culture. It has always been seen in history that the man is the strong and the woman the weak, the man should not cry and the woman should take care of her children at home.

There are many incongruities, since I was a child I always played with dolls with my sister and that doesn't mean that I am gay, sometimes I cry and it doesn't mean that I am a woman, it is totally stupid.

In Chile to this day there are people who assume these dumb generalizations. We are all different, I like to wash the dishes and I would like to take care of my children too, I feel that we have so much to envy in developed countries, it is a privilege to live in countries like Estonia.

I would like a society diverse whitout gender stereotypes, and I feel that there are opportunities in the new generations and in the protests that demonstrate the bad consequences and the damage caused by these stereotypes.

Vocabulary Challenge

Complete the sentences with the words below:

gender roles • masculine • the bread •nanny • half-a-year old • depends on 

- They are looking for a nanny to care for their kids in the summer.
- She still depends on her parents to buy her clothes and food.
- Gender roles have changed a lot since my grandparents were young.
- He is only a half-a-year old, but he is really big.
- She is very masculine in the way she dresses.
- It makes her feel good to bring home the bread in her family.