The internet is, a very scary, uncontrolled place. All around it you can see every single political ideology, new concept of religion, brand new scientific idea that has just been discovered, and of course how to make those spaghetti tacos from the hit Nickelodeon show iCarly. It’s completely unexpected always changing, and never sticks in one place. So, it’s not surprising that, it can be used as a place to, explore one's gender identity.
You see, in the midst of the, political battles, religious bouts, scientific debates, and cook offs on who Italian Mexican fusion, unless a charge is specifically made against the topic, one can explore gender quite, fluidly. Unless someone puts their gender in a bio on--whatever social media is relevant …show more content…
The documentary film, Catfish, chronicles the story of Nev Ariel and Henry as they Catfish a girl online. This film, released to widespread critical acclaim, earned itself a TV Show, with a total of 77 episodes so far, where they explore different people who have been catfished. A commonality deceptiveness on the internet is not only present in gender, but In other aspects, such as Height Weight and Age, where overall, “48.1%...59.7%...18.7%” (Hancock, Toma, Ellison 3) of men and women lie about those three aspects respectively.
So, with the thick blanket of the anonymity shrouded onto the world wide web, leaving people completely freedom to roam, without Barbie dolls or Tonka trucks following them around at every turn. Is there a true application of this, odd anomaly we call the internet? Well, actually, Is it healthy for people to colour outside the lines, when it comes to whether or not they enjoy blue or pink? Or, is it safe to stay inside the nice borders that have been in place for years and …show more content…
It, doesn’t. It’s kinda dangerous actually. When you fit someone, into a box, especially when they’re young, and try to make them conform. Limit their thinking, their ability to create themselves, as people as human beings it hurts them-mentally-and possibly physically, through self harm. Eating disorders are a common things among young girls, and these are all factors of the pressures of gender conformity. Girls, even when they’re within a “healthy weight… were all restricting their intake of food” (Ressler) And slowly can develop, just because someone one long time ago said, that girls are skinny. And, if kids try to break these, quite metaphorical chains, which are so idiotic the idea that they are metaphorical should be metaphorical, they are bullied, broken down, “girls who enjoyed sports often avoided physical activity...because...they were mocked by their male peers for not being good enough” (Ressler). It’s really the catalyst, for discourse and bullying at high schools. Gender roles, they start the divide at around preschool, with little turmoil, and actually fairly good relations between boys and girls, but slowly get worse and worse. And nobody can try anything different, because DEAR GOD, someone would just try to be