Comments on: Is Social Media Making Gender Roles Obsolete?

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By: MairHeard

MairHeard — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:40:37 +0000

I’m a grad student studying new media, and I am taking a sociology gender course. I’m currently working on a research paper about gender roles on the Internet and how the roles are reversing. This article was a great piece of motivation, have you written other articles relating to this subject?

By: Chris Kenton

Chris Kenton — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:20:36 +0000

Andrea–

Thanks for your comment. I liked your post–and I agree completely: the anonymity of the web has made it much easier to cross these lines. It’ll be interesting to see how this evolves. It’s tempting to believe we’ll just knock down all the boundaries, but it already appears as if new boundaries are being enabled as well. Look at the political division that’s deepening as it becomes easier to simply find stories that support our perspective rather than compromise and come to the middle. We’re even seeing just how much truth can be interpreted and projected as true belief when “facts” are so easily assembled from the Web to support a preconceived truth. It’s a brave new world. Like you, I find a lot to be encouraged even while recognizing the potential dangers.

Nice to meet you, Andrea.

/chris

By: Andrea Learned

Andrea Learned — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:45:25 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, Chris. I agree and am excited that social media is helping shatter gender stereotypes. When gender roles are obsolete, we can all get down to a lot more productive living and business. I wrote a somewhat related post yesterday myself: http://learnedonwomen.com/2009/11/women-social-advantage/

My closing idea for that piece is:

So, we can assign women a social advantage and call it good, focusing only on them. Or, we can dig deeper into what makes any person social, or how that social behavior is inspired or expressed, and broaden the reach of our messages accordingly.

By: Chris Kenton

Chris Kenton — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:39:42 +0000

I heard someone talk recently about the “telling stories around a fire” meme, but I can’t remember who it was or what the reference was. If you know, please comment so I can give the hat tip.