From the reading- "If we do something over and over again, it becomes normal. If we see the same thing over and over again, it becomes normal. If only boys are made class monitor, then at some point we will all think, even if unconsciously, that the class monitor has to be a boy. If we keep seeing only men as heads of corporations, it starts to seem ‘natural’ that only men should be heads of corporations."

I definitely agree with this 100% as we start to see those things as normal when it keeps happening.

"We stifle the humanity of boys. We define masculinity in a very narrow way. Masculinity is a hard, small cage, and we put boys inside this cage. We teach boys to be afraid of fear, of weakness, of vulnerability. We teach them to mask their true selves, because they have to be, in Nigerian-speak, a hard man."

This is also very true like we teach boys that it makes them weak if they cry and they shouldn't show any emotion because then people are going to make fun of them.

"This is a threat – the destruction of a marriage, the possibility of not having a marriage at all – that in our society is much more likely to be used against a woman than against a man"

OMG, that is so true like there's a picture about females being single and how they're unhappy and can't keep a man that they don't know how to be a proper female. Which then brings me back to day 4 or 3 where its like what makes a real female.

"All over the world, there are so many magazine articles and books telling women what to do, how to be and not to be, in order to attract or please men. There are far fewer guides for men about pleasing women"

This is very true, I had comments being thrown at me about how I have to serve my partner ( make them a plate of food because A) its a women's job and B) that will show them I will take care of them.

From the reading - "Take my dear friend Louis, who is a brilliant, progressive man. We would have conversations and he would tell me, ‘I don’t see what you mean by things being different and harder for women. Maybe it was so in the past, but not now. Everything is fine now for women.’ I didn’t understand how Louis could not see what seemed so evident"

That remind me of a college now class I took back in high school called humanities ( best class ever) and funny enough the topic or the overall theme was feminism and we were talking about how harassment and females go through a lot of it regardless of the age and this one kid goes "I disagree because not every female goes through harassment, that all because we are saying we went through it doesn't mean it happens every day"

Very inspirational especially when she said "So that is how to create a single story, show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become."

If anything boys who prefer to play with girls are deemed "gay". I've always experienced my cousin being told that he's going to come out gay because of his more feminine personality and Constant want to play with girls and it made him feel so bad because they made it seem like he was "failing as a boy".

And that's the harsh reality that at a very young age children are taught that in society your "gender" determines everything. I know my sister gets extremely frustrated when she has a longer list of chores and my brother does nothing at all as my mom believes that females are meant to know all of the ways of cleaning and taking care of the family.

Children are treated different especially when it comes to girls and boys

I'll agree with the statement 100%. Which is why I also believe that things that are learned such a stereotypical behavior or even biases act can be unlearned.

yesssssss Period. I've seen people being told to stop doing something because it wasn't meant for them. I had an issue where students we're telling another kid that painting his nails were for girl and girls only.

I agree with this because even before babies are born, the idea that the baby is ether going to be a mini Mommy or a mini dad

“you are not who you were yesterday, you are not who you will be tomorrow you are who you are today”

I agree with this 100%, we should be able to have our own understanding of real manhood/womanhood.

What really makes a real man or even a real woman? Who is it to tell me that I am a real woman or who am I to tell someone that they are a real man?

This reminds me of the quote “you are your own worst critic”

I definitely agree with this quote. We still have a long way to go when it comes to bullying but is being noticed as a problem.

I Knew about the hate crimes but I didn’t fully understand how bad it was until I watched an episode of law and order Svu s17e3 ( Love the show) that episode definitely open my eyes to things that I didn’t fully understand what was going on.

That is very true where they would say that the gender you are born in, is the gender that’s going to stay with you for life.