You're Different.... uhh... Go away

Boys are Boys and Girls are Girls for genetic and physiological reasons, but the media teaches them to live like Men or Women. The stereotypes for men and female are installed by the media and entertainment industry. Until, recently Wild West movies only had a male on horseback fighting a 1,000 Native Americans (to be politically correct) and then getting the girl in the end. This is because the perception of males is to be independent, courageous, and wild. However, the reason why the woman is usually not the crime fighter is due to perception. The American culture portrays the woman as the weak side kick who must be the object of being saved. These perceptions of male and female are in every aspect of are life. For instance it is normal for a girl to be a cheerleader or play field hockey, but its not normal when a girl plays for the boys football team. Which leads me to my second point. When ever a sex goes beyond their boundaries it is perceived as "odd". For instance a good friend of mine (a guy) loves singing, but all my other friends ignored him and isolated him, because singing is not a man's thing to do. It's awful that the first thing they think about is what's "manly". He is still being isolated from my group of friends all because he likes to sing. This is the problem, people who are not the same, are often isolated. The Gays, the different religion, the different sports fan, and the person with different political views than the majority, get looked down upon. It's a terrible past time for America, we have always looked down upon those who do not conform to the social norms.