Straying from Nietzsche...A Response to Writing Analytically

So I suppose that I'd like to peel my mind from the still unclear writing of Nietzsche and instead look at the packet that was handed out in class from what I believe was the Writing Analytically book. Various activities labeled "Try This" were scattered throughout the text, and while I'm usually one to skip examples and skim read as fast as possible in an attempt to overcome whatever material I've been assigned, one heading in particular caught my eye.

"Looking at Gendered Language"

I think that in college, more than ever, the differences and realizations of gender begin to appear amongst men and women. College can be best known for the sex, parties, co-ed dorms and the highly social aspect of everything surrounding it rather than the education itself sometimes. With this, our perception of what men and women are changes as well.

Every sex has their own perception, generally speaking but varying from person to person about what the true representation of their gender is. There's the definition of a man; beer guzzling, hair on your chest, womanizing, "bros before hos" kind of guy. Then there's the girl who wears pretty clothes, maintains her looks and flirts with guys but would never ruin her record and stoop as low as something as a one night stand.

Gender classification stretches further however, and into a more important and possibly more broadly used category; derogatory titles. Women who sleep around are known by men and women alike as sluts, and whores. However, why is it more commonly accepted when men sleep around? When did promiscuity become a rite of passage for manhood? I'm not complaining, sex is sex and as long as you wrap it before you tap it go for it, but the discrepancy is worrisome to say the least.

Double standards, especially between the sexes, seem to be something that will last forever. Equality will remain a goal just out of our reach until we can truly conquer the results of our own society's predisposition towards gender.

-Mr. Iwanicki