Mittwoch, 6. Oktober 2010

Trip to Mannheim- Men and Women


Last Thursday we went to Mannheim and had the opportunity to be part in an interesting talk about:
Gender- Marketing  relevant for economic processes.

There was a good question about what is a man, what is a woman?
In biological aspect men and women are different, because of their sex.
Gender is the social sex.
But what makes a man a man and a woman a woman...?
There are two theses :
1. Genes, hormones and brain, genetic material..all that makes us what we are. How we behave, what we do...What kind of man/woman we are. Its all hereditary and defined with our origination.
2. The other thesis says we are influenced by the environment, where we live, social conditions...
I think both aspects are involved in what we are! Man or Woman.
But the part of men and women in our society changed. Years ago girs/ woman were not allowed to visit UNI or do sports (that was not feminine).
Nowadays-no problem, even welcome.
These days men go out with the baby carriage. The industries see this as an opportunity to get new customers: men.
They design super high-tech baby buggies or washing machines for men.

Also some other things are different compare to the past. Typical men jobs arenatural science and research, mechanics or finances...today also women do these jobs.
Educating the children at home, cooking, cleaning and washing..actually job for a woman? More and more men do this job.
I think its good, that the media want to bring their products to men AND women. Because our civilization changed and women and man are equal!









Sonntag, 26. September 2010

Women now and in the 1940s - Difference or still the same?

70 years ago a woman usually stayed at home. She had to clean the house, do the washing, go for grocery shopping and sewing pitted pants. When the children came home from school, she helped them with their homework and of course after work her husband wanted to eat a delicious meal.

Today its still kind of the same, but there is a huge difference! Women still do the washing and clean the house, but most of them also go to work!
In the course of time the rank of women changed. Now its normal that they wear trousers, couple of years ago inconceivable. Like 30 years ago girls were not allowed to visit a better school...they rather should stay at home and help Mum doing the chores.


Contraception, birth control?? Still a sensitive issue, if you read an hear what the catholic pope thinks about it!

I think let not just the time roll on! Economic progress, technical advances...and civilization is changing!