Imagine that America is still in its eighties stage. As far as the eye can see, “[g]uyliner” (From Bowie to Adam Lambert, 20 Rock Stars Who Made Guyliner Cool) and grunge clothes take over the scene. Flaming outfits practically drenched in plumage, boas, sequins, glitter, and even sashes with hyper-realistic eyeballs. Artists and bands such as The Cure, Queen, David Bowie, Pete Burns, Culture Club, and the Eurythmics started festering into the radio stations of every home. Within just a few years, America was alive with this sweeping ‘new wave’ of androgyny. People like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper began changing how women come out of their cages, and these ladies became models for young women and girls to be free and confident with themselves. Hundreds of people fell into David Bowie and Freddie Mercury’s flamboyance, opening their minds to sex and to love. People of the eighties had definitely changed how men and women in America should act, and even continued to help change these matters up until today. However, as the days roll on with differentiating views and topics that has caused great uproar in …show more content…
From its first establishment in 1776, America has its standards that have been expected from men and women. Boys are meant to be tough, well-rounded, and capable to provide plenty of wealth and necessities for their families. They have “trucks, dinosaurs, action figures, and video games” (Brewer, List of Gender Stereotypes). On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, women are meant to be pretty, nurturing, delicate flowers that are to be silent and submissive to their higher-ups. They have “frilly dresses and... toy box[es] with tea sets and dolls” (Brewer). In today’s time, luckily, these roles have changed that allows for a more equal society; albeit, that does not halt many people from believing that a man or a woman should look a specific