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Date Posted: 09:32:54 06/28/07 Thu
Author: Rene' Harrell
Subject: Free Personality

Traditional sex roles do not contribute positively to a truly free personality. I consider a traditional sex role for a male is basically powerful, aggressive, non-emotional, and "bread-winner." While the female traditional sex role is submissive, nurturing, weak, etc...
It reminds me of the movie "Twins" where Arnold S. got all the good traits and Danny D. got all the crap that was left. Nevertheless, a truly free personality is one that neither rebels against nor accepts automatically the traditional sex roles. A truly free personality adopts the traits that best serves him/her in the life that they have chosen. Therefore, if a woman wants to stay home and raise her children because that fulfills her needs that is great. But if the same woman stays home to raise her children because she feels guilty or obligated, then that would not be in her best interest. Another situation where traditional sex roles are being challenged is in the workplace. Women are becoming increasingly more powerful in the corporate world. Many women are now earning more money than their husbands. And many men now have women bosses. In addition, we are seeing the emerging "metrosexual" men, who love shopping, fashion, and other "feminine" things. Traditional sex roles would not have accepted these concepts. Thankfully, our society is adjusting. To be truly free personalities, we all must ask ourselves about our motives for our choices. Are we choosing our lifestyle because it serves us, or do we feel pressure to adopt traditional sex roles so that we can feel accepted by our peers?

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