gender blog week 2

This past weekend I went to Atlantic City, NJ to celebrate my best friends birthday. There were a group of us going, guys and girls. We both booked at the same hotel, from the same website however when my guy friends checked in, they were given a room in the least-nice part of the hotel, and my four girlfriends and I were given a room in the nicest tower. This could have been a coincidence however they acknowledged the difference right away and made comments such as "oh it's because you guys (ironically in itself) are girls!". The night continued and as we were getting ready, the guys were done much faster than us, of course, and I started to wonder why we took so long to get ready and why the guys did not really care as much to present themselves in the best way possible. Then reading the chapters this week and the functionality of clothing and its differences. The clothes that each gender wears reflects the image that our society has placed on how one should look; sometimes because and in comparison to the other. No one ever told me that I could not wear dress pants and a nice button down with flats to the club however as a society and the cultural media I feel submersed in, it is expected to wear a tighter dress and heels that I can barely walk in or feel my feet for the next few days following. I have always thought it was the norm for girls to get into places for free or easier than guys however it is strange that even with all of the equality, there are still ideas like this that differentiate guys from girls. We did not have to wait in the 45 minute line that our guy friends had to wait in and we did not have to pay the $20 dollars to get in either. I wondered what kind of justification the club has for allowing this and although I am not opposed to not waiting/paying in the slightest--I would become extremely frustrated as a guy to not be treated in the same respect when it came to this context.