For men, they are supposed to act bashful, daring, and reckless. Many examples are shown in fairytales, such as Snow White. Snow White depends on the seven dwarves to come and also the prince to save her. It also shows how that they can even make male animals help. In addition to this, women are economically, socially, politically, and psychologically oppressed. In our economy today women are oppressed and discriminated on a level that most people consider unacceptable. They receive significantly smaller amounts of income compared to males. Women that are oppressed socially in such ways are considered to be hoes and sluts if they date many guys, but males are considered to be attractive. Also, women are less represented in politics. Most importantly, they are psychologically oppressed because they grew up watching and reading children stories filled with false gender roles. They are taught to stay home and do household chores while men go out and make money. They have to act pretty all the time and find a man they can depend on their whole life.
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