Why do we need to categorize MALE and FEMALE?

Thought there would be lots of argument but it turns out not. Well, at least Dr. Priya expected it... Why? Two words; GENDER STEREOTYPE! Yup, it's the topic of the day.

The title of the post; Why do we need to categorize male and female? Its the first question she asked. Do you guys know why? I bet some of u actually went, 'Huh?!' right? Hahaha... I did too! I was like how am I suppose to know... We took like 5 minutes to think then suddenly Ian (the sole debater) raised his hand and said.... You will sure go, 'Ha?! That's it?!'. Try guessing, don't think too much... Its the main reason for technology to exist... It's also a human tendency...

Have you got it?! Okok, I'll reveal it... but don't feel stupid yeah =) It's because.....

'To Make Life Easy!'

Told you not to think too much! Here is another one... Why does gender stereotype happen? Again don't think too much, the answer is pretty easy... One words; Innate! So we were talking bout some of the stereotype from the theoretical perspective...

1. Biological- females reproduce wisely (only with THE ONE), males... well, not wisely but rather WIDELY (everywhere)

Dr, Priya said it's a stereotype cause.....some females are not satisfy with just only one male! I don't think I need to elaborate much on this..

Then she lectured bout the differences and comparisons:

1. Aggression- males is more of physical aggression whereas females.... I think all of us know how we tend to fight with each other, right?! Dr. Priya, 'When girls fight, your ear drums will be torn out! The level of sound... makes you wanna tear off your ear drums!'. Verbal aggression, for those of you who didn't know.
2. Sexuality-females more partner-centered orientation (based on relationship), whereas males... Haihz, guys are being guys, body-centered orientation (just to orgasm; satisfaction). Anthropologist says, 'Everywhere sex is understood to be something the female have that the males want' -> thats y males pay 4 sex!

It's not social psych without jokes of course! One of the funniest is... As we were talking bout traditional roles of women, suddenly we went into menstrual cycle... Suddenly Micheal (Korean guy) commented that women will feel less women when they reach menopause... Of course all of us were puzzled by his comment... As Dr. Priya tries to explain to him that is not the case, Natalie just cut in and said,

'Women will feel less women when they lost their vagina!'.

The whole class burst out laughing crazily... Though she can be scary at times, but when she crack jokes its super duper funny till u laugh rolling on the floor with stomachache!

And OMG, I never knew that Somalis rites of passage is so super duper sick and painful! Females, when they reach puberty, they have to sow their vagina. When they get marry, they would open the stitches a little bit... Reason is so that the guys would have maximum satisfaction when having sex! This is so so SICK! Do you need to do that for maximum pleasure?! There are always other ways!

Then in Mexico, females when born are branded (using the hot stick) 11 times on their body whilst males only 9 times. Reason behind this is to warn off evil spirits. Dr. Priya commented, 'They think it can warn off evil, but they don't understand that the baby's spirit could leave the body also!'.

I respect other cultures' traditions but some are just too unbearable and inhuman! How can they treat women like trash?! If guys are all mighty, why not try pushing out a baby?! This include my own culture and traditions too!

P/S: This is something Dr. Priya told us. Please do not be offended... According to the history (Hinduism, if I'm not mistaken, please correct me if I'm wrong), the Lingam signifies the equally position of Males and Females, it's in the Lingam structure. You have to see it symbolically, with a little imagination...

*Lingam*

How to see:

See the knob there, it symbolizes the males' genital (penis). And the round/oval shape with the handle symbolizes the females' genital (vagina). To be more clear, imagine the penis penetrating into the vagina. See it now?

This strictly does not have the intention to make fun or hurt other religion. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Women Feel Satisfied after Satisfying themselves, Men? After Satisfying Themselve, They are Still Not Satisfied!

For the first time in Social Psych lecture, most of the guys in the lecture actually argued with Dr. Priya trying to defend themselves from... *hint: the tittle*

It all started because of this one case study. It addresses the question, ' Will the man still choose to use a condom, while the woman uses pill?' or something similar. The result shows that, majority of men said no. Reason?

1. No Reliability
2. Its an embarrassment
3. It have no side effects

This particular case study has cause an uproar in our lecture. We spent about 30 minutes arguing on this. Well, not the whole class... mainly Ian, Micheal, Princess (Aun) and Alex. Where is Kelvin, you asked? Well, he was quiet throughout the whole argument. Why?

I have concluded that he may still be in shock; he got molested by a 20+ guy in gym! It was in front of the steam room. Then again, this kind of event may be normal for guys who goes to gym... He even told us that, there was once he saw this guy filling up himself in the shower... How? Well, technically speaking, the shower curtain in gym would not close up every corner of the shower cubical, so you can see a bit... Even when your just walking by... How I know? Well, its because its the same in the girl's shower room! So a word of advice, please be alert for those who goes to gym. Don't think that just because he look man (very built), he isn't into 'it'! Activate your defense mechanism when your in the shower room!

Anyways, back to the topic. Dr. Priya was trying to reason out why...

1. Because woman are very manipulatively sensitive
2. We are better in manipulating men. Therefore, we are better survivor than men
   
3. We can live alone better without men, better yet without men at all
4. If we leave the men alone, they would not survivor long alone. Reason: Because men does not know how to take care of themselves properly. 'Who is going to do my laundry?' will be the 1st question, when their wives leave them.
5. Our mother (women) are telling us what to do and what not to do.

And many more... too much for me to remember, you can head over to KarYee's blog. I think she have it in her post.

So Ian argued that he is offended as he was not even given a chance to defend himself before being categorised... So Dr. Priya explained that she was talking about the 80% of the men population, not the 10% on each ends of a bell curve! Dr. Priya, 'Ian your in the 10% on left extreme end of the bell curve. I am not talking about you but I'm talking about the 80%,'.

Then, Ian said 'Whatever you said, Miss. I don't believe you. Your manipulating me by saying that!'. So Ian from the 10% advanced himself into the 80% category... So, do it prove that we women are indeed very manipulative?

While arguing, Alex was closing his eyes; like a child who does not want to hear anything he dislikes. This is real good.... 'Go to back and be autistic there!' Ian -> Alex. Obviously I started laughing...like real hard! This is like the best thing Ian have said since I know him. Cheers to you, Ian!


Sara also commented that we (women) are able to make any guys to fall in love with us; we have the ability to , even if he is gay! And almost everyone agreed!


Closure to this topic,


'Women Feel Satisfied after Satisfying themselves, Men? After Satisfying Themselve, They are Still Not Satisfied!' (Dr. Priya, 2010).


Does she mean in Bed too? Guys do not be offended... I mean no harm so is my lecture...