Critical responses - Coursework Example

Critical Responses Modern times call for modern behavior. In the past, there were instances where people were distinguished from each other by their gender. This means that depending on the gender of the person in question, there were specific duties and roles that the members of the specified gender had to conform. Women had their roles and also the men had theirs. In today’s modern world, there has been much change and much has developed in order to enable the acceptance of the many abilities that both genders have managed to accomplish (Butler, 10, 1999).

Currently, one can see men modeling and taking the catwalks to show off in terms of fashion and also there has been the ability for women to wear clothes that were once perceived to belong to male gender. The purpose of this critical paper is to support the idea that society has changed and this can be seen from the fact that people are no longer being identified by their genetic build (Joseph, 32, 2012). I support the argument that being a woman does not make one useless in the society. In today’s society, women have come to be in positions that were once considered as positions left out for men.

They run banks and companies by managing these institutions with the title of a ‘manager’. This shows how times have changed and existence of women ability to represent themselves. In these modern times, gender does not define who a person is or who a person will turn out to be. What matters is the ability to make something out of what is available. Whatever the gender is, there is the knack in each person to be successful despite the obstacles (Oakley, 24, 1972).BibliographyBUTLER, J. (1999), Gender Trouble.

New York: Routledge, Pg 6 JOSEPH, L. (2012), Blurring the gender line: When the frock doesn’t fit, The Independent-blogs OAKLEY, A. (1972). Sex Gender and Society. Aldershot, Gower publishing company limited. Pg 159.