????現(xiàn)在，作為一名學(xué)生检盼，我已經(jīng)在上海參加了兩年的linkages志愿者服務(wù)項(xiàng)目。Linkages是一個(gè)通過教育流動(dòng)兒童從而使他們更好地成長和發(fā)展的志愿者項(xiàng)目蹦渣。在這兩年里，我發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的志愿者貌亭，除了一個(gè)男孩，都是女孩圃庭。確鑿的證據(jù)告訴我，我的志愿服務(wù)項(xiàng)目中存在性別失衡剧腻。我真的感到很無奈 ，因?yàn)檫@與我所堅(jiān)信的性別平等的觀念背道而馳灰伟。?
????那么，為什么會(huì)發(fā)生這種情況呢?為什么女孩想做志 愿者而男孩不想?
????為了找到答案儒旬，我上網(wǎng)搜索。然后义矛，在一個(gè)網(wǎng)站上，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)類似的案例了讨。當(dāng)美國一家名為YCore的志愿者組織向數(shù)量相當(dāng)?shù)哪行院团园l(fā)送招聘信時(shí)，95%的回復(fù)來自女性(“Why Don't Men”)前计。?
????志愿服務(wù)中的性別失衡并非偶然現(xiàn)象。2014年的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示垃杖，女性志愿服務(wù)的可能性比男性高30% (“Why Don't Men”)。調(diào)查結(jié)果令人吃驚调俘，但在我的預(yù)料之中旺垒。雖然我對美國社會(huì)的情況不是很清楚肤无，但我知道，或者能感覺到宛渐，在中國社會(huì)竞漾，女性被“要求”去做義工业岁，而男性則不是。如果一個(gè)女人拒絕參加任何形式的志愿者工作笔时，別人對她的印象就會(huì)受到負(fù)面影響仗岸。然而，如果一個(gè)男人處于同樣的處境爹梁，那么其他人對他的印象基本上不會(huì)像對那個(gè)女人那樣受到那么大的影響提澎。??
????我在我的網(wǎng)站上發(fā)現(xiàn)，這種現(xiàn)象是由我們長期的父權(quán)文化造成的盼忌。在我們的社會(huì)中，男人被賦予了賺錢的角色看成，而女人通常被賦予了養(yǎng)育孩子和照顧家庭的角色。因此川慌，當(dāng)參加志愿工作時(shí)，女性更有可能參與(“Why Don't Men”)梦重。
????我還采訪了我們志愿者小組中唯一的男孩，關(guān)于他對這個(gè)問題的看法琴拧。我問他作為志愿者服務(wù)中唯一的男孩是什么感覺嘱支。他說挣饥，其實(shí)他并沒有因?yàn)樽约菏俏ㄒ坏哪泻⒍艿接绊懪嫔牛驗(yàn)橹驹刚呋顒?dòng)是他想做的。然而于置，他也承認(rèn)，我們志愿者項(xiàng)目中的活動(dòng)有點(diǎn)女性化八毯，這可能是導(dǎo)致男孩參加人數(shù)減少的一個(gè)因素。此外话速，他也認(rèn)為社會(huì)影響了男孩們少參加志愿者項(xiàng)目的情況。
????在對這個(gè)男孩采訪過后乳讥，我對志愿者項(xiàng)目的課程做了一些改變，希望更多的男孩能參與到我們的項(xiàng)目中來云石。在我看來研乒，做志愿者工作是每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該擁有的寶貴經(jīng)歷汹忠。男孩不應(yīng)該受到社會(huì)上對性別觀念的影響宽菜，他們應(yīng)該培養(yǎng)幫助他人的意愿竿报，因?yàn)檫@可以讓世界變得更美好铅乡。
????此外阵幸，我希望通過寫這篇文章來分享我對志愿者項(xiàng)目中性別失衡的看法，讓更多的男孩可以考慮參加志愿者項(xiàng)目侨嘀，讓更多的人可以注意到這個(gè)常見但有時(shí)被忽視的問題捂襟。
Gender Imbalance in Volunteer Service
????I’ve joined linkages—a volunteer service program in Shanghaifor two years, and during these two years, I’ve consistently took part in linkagesactivities, which is about teaching migrant children for their better growthand development. What I found, in the two years, is that all of the volunteers,except one boy, are girls. The hard evidence tell me that gender imbalanceexist in my volunteer service program. I am really upset about it because thisis opposite to my gender equality belief.?
????Then, why , what causes this to happen? Why girls want to bevolunteers but boys do not?
????I searched on the Internet to find the answer for me. Then, on one website, I found a similar case. When an volunteer organization in the U.S. named YCore sent out its recruitment letters to a balanced number of men and women, 95% of the response were from women (“Why Don't Men”).?
????Gender imbalance in volunteer service is not an occasional?problem. A 2014 survey showed that women are 30% more likely to volunteer than men (“Why Don't Men”). The result of the survey was astonishing, but within myexpectation. Even though I am not sure about the case in the U.S. society, Iknow, or can feel that in Chinese society, women are kind of “required” to dovolunteer work but men are not. If a woman refuse to participate in any form ofvolunteer work, others’ impression towards her are negatively affected.However, if a man is in the same situation, then others’ impression towards himwill basically not be affected as much as it is?for that woman.??
????This phenomenon, based on the website I found, is caused by our long-time patriarchal culture. In our society, men are given a role of making money while women are generally given a role of raising babies and taking care of the family. Thus, when coming to volunteer work, women are more likely to participate (“Why Don't Men”).
????I also interviewed one of the linkages members who is theonly boy in our volunteer group about his opinions towards this problem. I askedhim what he felt about being the only boy in the volunteer service. He saidthat it was actually OK for him to be in the volunteer service because this waswhat he wanted to do. However, he did acknowledge that the activities in ourvolunteer program was a little bit feminine, and this might be a factor thatcaused less boys to join. Besides, he agreed that the society had influencedthe boys to participate less in the volunteer program.
????After conducting this interview with this boy, I did somechanges to the course in the volunteer program, hoping that more boys canparticipate in our program. Doing volunteer work, from my perspective, is aprecious experience that everyone should have. Boys should not be so affectedby gender norms and they should develop the will to help others, which can makethe world better.
????Additionally, I hope that I can share my thoughts aboutgender imbalance in volunteer program by writing this article so that more boyscan consider participating volunteer programs and more people can notice thiscommon but sometimes ignored problem.
????“Why Don't Men Volunteer as Much as Women?”?Priceonomics, priceonomics.com/the-altruism-gender-gap/.
