Language in Gender

As I read through and listened to Mr. Robertson I was surprised by the things I was learning that were apart of my daily life. Growing up and hearing this language I never really thought about the differences in the language between a man and a women. I look back now to see that the language difference was taught by parents and mostly everyone around.
The fact that different language is taught to men and women at such a young age makes it difficult to stop these teachings. The "boys will be boys" as we discussed in class is one of the ones that stood out to me and how boys can have that excuse if they are horsing around or if they swear. The girl is not given this excuse as they need to be "lady like". The boy is given time to be immature and use profanity while the girl does not have that luxury but has to be proper and not speak in any assertive tone or they may come off too aggressive. Something that was familiar in the reading and when talking in class is that men are told that they have to be manly cannot display their emotions because it comes off as "girly." This is taught at a young age and goes from a child to high school and even  all the way to Congress. A girl in a high school classroom answers a question by ending it with a question due to the fact that they do not want to make it look like they are asserting themselves because they are taught that they cannot be like that. It is very possible but most do not change their language  as they grow up. Looking at the floor debates from 101 to 110th, there were differences in way that men and women would speak. Men used more swears, and pronouns while women used more words about community and emotion rather than being able to swear because if they did they would come off as brash or too assertive. The men are growing up taught to lean away from using these emotional words so when they grow up they are not going to change their language. Women are taught to use their emotion and thus they are going to use this language when they are adults.
I think that these teachings are taught by many parents and adults that do not understand the problem with that way of speaking. "Language is power" is something that Mr. Robertson said and that is something that stuck in my head. If we teach that men can have more language to use and express themselves maybe not emotionally but express their desires and that women are automatically given less language to express themselves then they are inherently perceived  to have less power. I was brought up with the notion to never cry and to not show my emotion. I always thought this is the way that all men should be but then I realized that not all people go through the same things as me and I realized that it is okay to show emotion. The man does not have to be hard and heartless as thought to be but can be a person that is about showing emotion. I learned many things about my day to day life from when I was a child that really shaped who I am today but also many of my peers around me.