Sadie Hawkins dances...ugh.

For some reason, the memory of "Sadie Hawkins" dances just came up in my head. Who has this person anyway?? What did they do?? Why is it that only on this rare occasion do the girls ask the guys to the dance? It's amazing to think about the gender stereotypes and expectations that we as a society have. Who ever said what it meant to be a gentleman? Why do many of this associate it with holding open doors and putting jackets in mud so you don't have to step in it, and letting you get your Lil' Wayne concert tickets first? The truth is, no one knows where all of this originated from. Even reading history you can see that though women do not have the social standing that we currently have, there was still a certain courtship that men had to provide to them. Perhaps if you take the "Adam and Eve" way of thinking, you could say that maybe God whispered in Adam's ear for him to be nice to Eve. Or maybe even, men noticed that women reproduce better and more effectively when they are in a good mood, so they just got used to treating them nicely. As for the domestic abusers, there are always those that think its easier to get what you want by fear, but that is entirely a different subject. Anyhow, it is very difficult to determine where all of this originated from as society is changing as we speak. In America, there are less moms at home and more on the job. So, maybe this means that there was not one thing or person that decided how men and women would act, but it is simply a product of our natural selves, interactions with each other, our assumptions, stereotypes, and expectations.