Opposite+Sex

Elizabeth Alexander ENC 1102

Read Steven Doloff's essay, "The Opposite Sex," (796-797) and answer ONE of the Making Connections questions. Your answer should be at least 250 words. Cite the essay in MLA format with at least one direct quote taken from the essay.

1. This article was written in 1983. Do you think the results would differ if one hundred college students were assigned the essay now? if you believe that they would differ, explain what these differences would be. If you believe that they would not, explain why not.

Men will be men. A mans mind changes very little from one generation to the next. Men will think the way they do. Steven Doloff essay “The Opposite Sex” explain how his students from 1983 responded to “For just one day, imagine yourself a boy (wow!). A girl (ugh)” (Doloff 796). I feel the response to this same question today would be the same. Women today often feel men do not care about the same things as them. Doloff show this same idea by say “ They seemed envious of very little that was female, and curious about nothing.” (Doloff 796-797). Men were not even interested in writing about the topic where woman actually wrote largely on the topic. Men today do not think the same as women. Women show their emotions. Men appear strong and resist any signs of emotions. I think little changes about the make up of the brain in a male and female over time. We can not change the DNA makeup of the brain. A man will always be a man and a women will always be a women. Women are curious and men are not. Nothing major has changed in the roles of men and women since 1983. Men and women still live the way they did in 1983. Doloff says “ They threw their clothes on the floor and left the dishes in the sink” (Doloff 796). Men today do not care about clothes or dish just like they did not care in 1983. We can not expect a different reaction if we asked this question today because our DNA makeup will always be the same.

Work Citied Doloff, Steven. "The Opposite Sex." //Exploring Literature//. 5th ed. Ed. Frank Madden. New York: Person Education, 2012. 796-797. Print.