As I sit in the library reading Death of a Salesman I am joined by the author, Arthur Miller, as well as Karen Lee Ashcraft. These two writers give me insight on what they were thinking about when writing about gender discourse communities within society.
Anthony (Me): I have noticed many problems with the way genders interact today throughout society. A big part of that has to do with the way we as a society have framed gender roles and how we have created standards that everyone of their gender seems required to meet.
Arthur Miller: Precisely! And that is exactly what I was trying to get across in my script of "Death of a Salesman". It's exactly how life is still today? Sheesh! I would've thought some things have changed since my time especially after showing the world that society needs to change in my play.
Karen Lee Ashcraft: Yea not much has really changed when it comes to gender dissonance and it is mostly because no matter what we will always express our gender through communication. Without even noticing it we automatically express our gender through the way we speak and write to each other. When we pick up on this expression of gender and we are of the opposite sex, we tend to immediately try and show how our gender is superior or how they need more attention. However, it is a matter of fact that both need to be looked at equally. This is very hard for us because of the gender roles that have been implemented in our minds since we were young. Women nowadays however have taken more positions of leadership and power than ever. Especially in business, which is a great start. However, they cannot be using these positions of power to exert force against men in society. Especially in institutions, gender shapes organizational communication habits as linguistic choices and leadership tactics. As I said in my article Framing a Shifting Relationship. (Grant 275-278)
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4esXbOk2-nEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=gender+discourse+communities&ots=zqTv69z48M&sig=9VHwfbIXCJ507KNtP9YC1IQv8gg#v=onepage&q=gender%20discourse%20communities&f=false
I found this post very interesting and filled with a lot of great information, relating to your unit 2 post. I never thought about how we do express our gender through communication, and I can totally agree with that, now that I think about it. Overall this whole post was creative and well thought of.
ReplyDeleteNatalia Grosfeld