Gender

This week we learned about gender and and gender roles. We defined gender as socially constructed behavior; gender roles as behavior associated with being male or female; gender role orientation as self concept of being male or female; and sex as biological identity. We also took time to make lists of traits people often associate with men and women. I personally feel that men are equal, but each has traits that make them different. I think that women shouldn't try to act like men because we have qualities that are unique and wonderful that would be lost if we tried to be like men.

President Ezra Taft Benson said: "You women were not created to be the same as men. Your natural attributes, affections, and personalities are entirely different from a man's. They consist of faithfulness, benevolence, kindness and charity. They give you the personality of a woman. They also balance the more aggressive and competitive nature of a man...We do not doubt that women have both the brain power and skills--and in some instances superior abilities--to compete with men. But by competing they must of necessity, become aggressive and competitive. Thus their godly attributes are diminished and they acquire a quality of sameness with man."(Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, pp. 547-48)

I agree with President Benson. I rejoice in my woman hood and in the things that make me different from men.