APHG Gender and Ethnicity
AP Human Geography 2
7 January 2013
Gender
The concept of women staying home to nurture kids and complete other tasks of that nature is practiced in many places. For those people, it's just their way of living. It's how and what they have grown up to think is right or acceptable. These are their gender roles. Recently, more and more Pakistani women have been beginning to leave the whole concept of staying home their whole life, and getting an education. More places are doing this because they have realized that to improve a country, they must first set a strong foundation. That foundation is education. With Pakistan, the Taliban did not want women having an education for any reason. In fact, they had used violence on anyone who spoke against their words. The shift from no education to education for women is changing ever so slowly, but it's there. An increasing amount of Pakistanis are now supporting the idea of education for women. On the down side, the quality of education that they are receiving remains low, due to the fact that the government isn't fully committed to this new shift. Maybe with the slight changes of gender roles in Pakistan, many more other countries will begin to make these changes. I think that maybe even the people will lay off their expectations for specifics genders. In my opinion, putting off gender roles can be a very significant thing because gender can make part of your identity, who you think yourself to be and where you stand in society. But also thinking about both sides, before all of this would actually take place, a huge dispute would probably occur. One side wanting to continue their ways with their expected gender roles and vice versa, so it’s very hard to just convert a culture into practicing something totally different.
Nolen, Stephanie. "The limits of freedom for educated girls in Malala's Pakistan." Globe and Mail. (2012): n. page. Web. 9 Jan. 2013.
Ethnicity
The world has a very complex history with
7 January 2013
Gender
The concept of women staying home to nurture kids and complete other tasks of that nature is practiced in many places. For those people, it's just their way of living. It's how and what they have grown up to think is right or acceptable. These are their gender roles. Recently, more and more Pakistani women have been beginning to leave the whole concept of staying home their whole life, and getting an education. More places are doing this because they have realized that to improve a country, they must first set a strong foundation. That foundation is education. With Pakistan, the Taliban did not want women having an education for any reason. In fact, they had used violence on anyone who spoke against their words. The shift from no education to education for women is changing ever so slowly, but it's there. An increasing amount of Pakistanis are now supporting the idea of education for women. On the down side, the quality of education that they are receiving remains low, due to the fact that the government isn't fully committed to this new shift. Maybe with the slight changes of gender roles in Pakistan, many more other countries will begin to make these changes. I think that maybe even the people will lay off their expectations for specifics genders. In my opinion, putting off gender roles can be a very significant thing because gender can make part of your identity, who you think yourself to be and where you stand in society. But also thinking about both sides, before all of this would actually take place, a huge dispute would probably occur. One side wanting to continue their ways with their expected gender roles and vice versa, so it’s very hard to just convert a culture into practicing something totally different.
Nolen, Stephanie. "The limits of freedom for educated girls in Malala's Pakistan." Globe and Mail. (2012): n. page. Web. 9 Jan. 2013.
Ethnicity
The world has a very complex history with