Still on the topic of gender identity

Friday in class we talked about a few passages that were key to our discussion on gender and sexually in the construction of social identity. Going along with this topic and the discussion, especially the first passage about Evelyn Nesbit that Mary pointed out, I have some thoughts that I didn't get the chance to share with the class. We talked about how Evelyn was the commodity between the two men, Henry Thaw and Stanly White, and she was simply a possession but not a person of affection. I see this situation as a competition and approval-seeking opportunity among the men. These two men, in particular, have an equal status in class, wealth and power. So the manipulation and procession of women, in this case, the beautiful Evelyn, were more significant to "win" this competition. In the male's world, the approval of strength and power from other males and the winning of any competition among males, are way more important than getting approval from other females. One of the hot topic today we always talk about, the equality of gender is rather complicated because psychologically and naturally there is a gap among the two different sex, and taking this into account, equality is hard to completely realize.