What’s wrong with a female having “man hands”?

http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/journal/breaking-binary-facebook-teachable-moments/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HybridPed+%28Hybrid+Pedagogy%3A+A+Digital+Journal+of+Teaching+%26+Technology%29

 

While I was reading this article this activity that I did while I was in middle school just kept coming into my head that was very similar to the activity that the teacher in this novel had her students do, although we did not end up tying the lesson back into a novel. We listed the “attractive” qualities that we felt both men and women should be according to their gender. Under the female category there were things like, “big butt” “big boobs” “skinny” etc, etc. What really stuck with me was the fact that the majority of times these three things cannot be obtained simultaneously without plastic surgery. And for me, a 13 year old chubby kid in middle school, that was one of the most important lessons I’ve ever learned. I’m not sure where I was going with this but this is where it’s taken me. I’m also not sure what the heck I meant by that, I’ve had a long day.