Equalist
My initial research was into feminism, particularly looking at ‘he for she’. But from looking into it in detail I came to the conclusion that ‘he for she’ was about getting men to support women’s rights. Feminism is still a very vital thing in our society; women have nowhere near won the battle for equality. But men suffer too. Feminism, by definition is the equality of both sexes. However some men are yet to gain this equality. In the past it would have been seen as socially unacceptable for a women to ever wear trousers, but times have changed and women can dress however they like. But how many men do you see wearing a skirt or a dress without people assuming they are gay or transgender? Women are free to wear trousers and still be seen as feminine, but men in dresses are not seen to be masculine. Gender stereotypes have a big effect on people, but a man can be as feminine as he wants to be and still be seen as a man. Just how women can be as butch and as masculine as they like and still be seen as a woman. I decided to change my focus to gender stereotypes, mainly looking at how men feel they need to be masculine to be seen as a men, but this shouldn’t be the case.
Some interesting articles I came across during my research.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2013/jul/16/feminism
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/us-un-men-genderequality-idUSKBN0M80A720150312
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/05/when-men-experience-sexism/276355/
http://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/unpicking-gender-with-the-raw-photography-of-jessica-yatrofsky?utm_source=vicefbuk
https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/gender-neutral-mx-title-officially-recognised-in-the-uk?utm_source=idfbuk
https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/challenging-ideals-of-beauty-body-shape-and-gender-binaries-with-generation-z
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