Have you ever heard of such a thing? If so, when you hear this sentence, do you think it is the physiology that binds you or the social concept that binds you?

There is such a concept in social psychology: gender role refers to "society's expectation of different behaviors of the two sexes", and clearly points out that gender role will be greatly influenced by the times, not just dominated by evolution and biology.

Then, let's look at the definitions of "gender girl" in different times.

At the beginning of HarmonyOS system, heaven and earth created man, giving people two different sexes, which caused some physiological differences between people: women were small in size, weak in strength and fertile; Men are the opposite.

It is precisely because of this physiological difference that, as early as ancient times, in addition to a clear division of labor, human men and women also evolved the process of women picking fruits, men hunting, women breastfeeding, men building houses and forming families to promote life.

In primitive society, "gender female" was only defined as human physiological differences.

Later, people learned to sow, so human beings entered the farming society. When men with greater strength become the main force of family farming, their family status will naturally be improved, while women's status is relatively low.

Taking ancient China as an example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the royal family of Zhou Dynasty "set the high and low, and respected the low", emphasizing the idea that "men are superior to women, and men are superior to women", which made women a humble party in human society.

Maybe he tasted the sweetness of being in a high position. In order to protect their rights, men began to publicize this concept more vigorously. As a result, the farming society has completely become a "male-dominated society".

In BC 134, Dong Zhongshu of the Western Han Dynasty put forward the Confucian ethics of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" and "three cardinal guides and five permanents" only to suppress women's freedom to a greater extent and make them subordinate to men, which was highly appreciated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and promoted to a national policy.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that society entered unprecedented prosperity and men had had enough that women were allowed to go out for leisure and "show their faces". Even in the period of Wu Zetian, there was a short "red makeup era".

In the Song Dynasty, Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism, as an official school, believed that the decline of the Tang Dynasty was largely due to its "collapse of rites and music", so it paid more attention to the etiquette of "men are superior to women", especially the prevalence of "foot binding", which led women to lose more freedom.

At the end of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the autocratic imperial power was constantly strengthened, and chastity archways flooded. Women who don't marry their fathers are married to their husbands, and they have no right to make their own choices. Women's remarriage was a felony in the laws of Ming and Qing Dynasties ... The status of women in China fell to the lowest point in history.

In farming society, "gender female" is defined as a humble position.

With the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, the feudal history of more than two thousand years finally collapsed. At that time, influenced by the western industrial revolution, China people began to be more and more open in food, clothing, housing and transportation, weddings, funerals, leisure and entertainment, and there was a trend of worshipping foreign things and obsessing the new.

Women's awareness of rights has awakened. In order to pursue happiness and personal freedom, they began to cut their hair short, go to school, fall in love freely, and participate in social and political life. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China promulgated the Marriage Law, which enabled women to have rights in marriage for the first time.

After the founding of New China, the Party and the government successively promulgated the Program of China People's Political Consultative Conference, the Marriage Law, the Election Law, the Constitution and other laws and regulations, which clearly defined women's rights, obligations and interests, and achieved gender equality in the system.

In industrial society, "gender women" is defined as legal equality.

2 1 century, people have entered the information society, most jobs no longer need physical exertion, and there has never been any obvious difference between men and women in intelligence, so women's social status has also been greatly improved.

Nowadays, we can see women in almost all walks of life. In the family, most women in China also get due respect. However, traditional ideas have lasted for thousands of years, and it is still difficult to eradicate them.

The survey shows that in most countries, women's wages are about 70%~90% of men's wages, but such a big wage gap is only about 1/5 because of the differences between men and women in education, work experience and work characteristics.

At the same time, in the family, the average time for Chinese women to undertake housework is twice as long as that of men, and their contribution to the family after giving birth is far more than that of men, which is actually influenced by the inherent concepts of men's society.

Then, in the information society, what does "gender woman" mean?

In my opinion, it is to achieve real equality in thought. When women have the same rights as men in law, the most important thing is to let this society abandon old ideas and the first step to influence others is firmness.

Social psychology tells us that human beings depend on social life and society is created by human beings, and the two influence each other. As a woman, when we get rid of the disadvantage that we have to be in because of our physiological characteristics in the farming society, we must always make sure that we are the same as men under any circumstances.

We are completely free individuals. Even if there are some constraints in this society for the time being, at least we can't put chains on ourselves. The concept of "gender role" makes us understand that gender stereotypes often come from society, but this is not the case.

We should at least not let ourselves be captured by stereotypes. The progress of history needs independent thinking and breakthrough. The change of society ultimately lies in the change of human self-cognition. Therefore, women, please believe in yourself and change your "gender role" with confidence and ability.