tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post5345112427226877643..comments2019-05-15T23:59:20.159-07:00Comments on Feminist Legal Theory: Essentialism and gender rolesLisa R. Pruitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469550950363542801noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-85716400340431543712012-09-13T09:20:53.610-07:002012-09-13T09:20:53.610-07:00I agree with everything in this post. I also think...I agree with everything in this post. I also think, and you would probably agree, that gender roles also harm men. Even if assuming essentialism is true, and men are not natural caregivers, only an average of men will be happy not being caregivers. Therefore, like you say "[t]he outliers need the freedom to seek their own happiness." Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425988173947510344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-19759444198487488022012-09-12T02:01:03.781-07:002012-09-12T02:01:03.781-07:00I always wonder where this gender essentialism fal...I always wonder where this gender essentialism falls on the nature versus nurture spectrum. My mom always complained my room was messier than a boy's would be. Who decided a girl had to or would keep a neat room?Palihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100985394998995338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302245627574027504.post-48259753153501872972012-09-08T00:20:30.087-07:002012-09-08T00:20:30.087-07:00I feel essentialism can be particularly dangerous ...I feel essentialism can be particularly dangerous because it ensures that these perceived natural gender roles become so pervasive that not fulfilling them leads to doubt about our own femaleness. For instance, I am not a naturally warm person I often come off as cold. When ever someone tell me that this is there first impression of me I always doubt myself because I think that warmth and caregiving are such pervasive female gender roles that I feel I should be living up to. Even when I am aware of the dangers of trying to live up to gender roles. tzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883601453535708205noreply@blogger.com