Doing Gender
"Doing Gender"
At dinner: I was out at dinner one night and I took sometime to start observing the different ways men and women "do gender". As men and women came into the restaurant I began to notice how different we walk, the women seem to walk with their legs much closer together with a dainty tippy-toe gait the men however walk with the legs further apart and much more of a slow dragging stroll. Watching the different groups of both sexes eating there were many similarities, the women have a better posture sitting up straight with legs crossed or legs closed together with knees touching. The men sit as if their shoulders are heavy with much of a slouch, feet apart and elbows on both sides of the table. As food was being served, I was trying to recognize what different things were being ordered. All the women surprisingly ordered the almost the same things water with a straw to drink, taking a drink very lightly holding the glass with just the thumb and two of the other......
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