Gender is Invisible… to Men

After reading the article “Men as ‘Gendered’ Beings,” I did not realize the comparison of gender identity as it applies to men and women.  For women, we are reminded of our gender everyday because there is some stigma out there that says look at men I am a woman.  In the article, it says that men often think of themselves as genderless.  To them is like gender does not exist or matter in our everyday life.  This article made me step back and think about the ways in which gender is portrayed in our everyday life.  The reason why gender is so invisible to men is because we do not treat them any differently no matter the given situation.  Men are always treated as “strong” and “masculine” beings; however, women can be portrayed and convinced they have different qualities every day.  It is like women cannot figure out who they are because we are constantly being told you have to this at this time, but be a lady another.  it is so frustrating because women live with the idea of gender every day.  This can be compared to the example he uses with the black women who says she has to look race in the face every day.  Women are in a constant fight with their gender but men are just now observing that gender does exist for women and it sucks.