Vanshika Unveiled

Written in a parallel to I Want a Wife by Judy Brady I belong to the classifica0on of people known as daughters. I am An Elder Daughter. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a sister. While talking to my family at the dining table a couple nights ago, I came to the revelation that I would like to have an elder daughter. Why do I want an elder daughter? I would like to come home after a long day at work, and have my older daughter have everything taken care of. I want a daughter to go to school and get good grades. I want a daughter to know what is required for her. I want a daughter that goes to a good university. I want a daughter who is respectful to her elders. I want a daughter who voices out her opinions in any and every situation. I want a daughter who is an emotional support for everyone in the family. I want a daughter I can trust, one who knows and understands the family problems. I want a daughter I can burden with my problems. I want a daughter that listens. I want a daugh...

As a child, whenever I would visit anyone's house, there would be one huge disparity I would notice: my lack of video games. Growing up with a majority female dominated household, we had a lot of stuff my friends with brothers didn't have, or we didn't have a lot of stuff they had. One of those "stuff" were video games. They were never appealing to me. I got the memo they were meant for boys, while dolls for girls. Xbox, Nintendo Switches, and WII (I think that's what they're called) were something so out of reach, up until I was in fifth grade.  I was at a family friend's house, and he asked me and my sister if we would like to play some Minecraft on his Xbox. Then, I knew Minecraft was this game where you mine dirt and grass, but nothing beyond that. My first touch of the controller was something new to me, there were buttons everywhere, and you had to use both your hands and all of your fingers just to jump and mine. It was so aggravating, but so......

Are women so meek that they always need a man to back them up? A persistent stereotype that has been present throughout history is the belief that women are inherently meek and require men to navigate through the daily struggles in life. This idea has deep roots in both cultural and societal norms which further strengthens this social construct. However, after analyzing quantitative data and the differences present from culture to culture, a more accurate reality for women in revealed— one where assertiveness for women is more than just something that is biologically determined, and instead, is a stereotype that has been continuously reinforced throughout society. According to a study conducted by the Gender Action Portal at the Harvard Kennedy School, males report higher frequencies of assertive behavior than females. This result shows that “while women exhibit assertive behaviors more frequently, it doesn’t mean women are less assertive”. It just shows that women have the same abilit...