Gender And Gender Roles

In many shops, there seems to be an obvious separation between boys and girls items, for example, the birthday cards, books, clothes, and toys. This is shown in a variety of ways the boy's items are mainly the color blue and the books have pictures of either action figures, superheroes or tools. Whereas the girl's items are mainly the color pink. The books show pictures of fairies, princess, and Bratz. The cards also have the theme of the color pink for girls and blue for boys. The girl's cards have a lot of sparkles and pretty pictures whereas the boy's cards are covered in camo kind of illustrations and also have action figures on the covers. The children's clothes are separated into sections where there are labels for the boy's clothes and labels for the girl's clothes. The girl's clothing is all pretty and pink, it is covered in sparkles. Whereas boys clothing has camo patterns, blue colors, and pictures of action figures.

In present day all around the world, society has certain expectations for the actions and behaviors of males and females. There are many factors in our everyday lives that contribute to the gender norms that society has set. This essay will discuss how situations in life can play a part in how people treat other people based on their gender. It is believed that males are the leaders of our world, but in present day woman can do as much as men can do. From The Journal of Marriage and Family, Hu states, “Differentiated gender roles in adulthood are rooted in one’s gender role socialization. In order to understand the persistence of gender inequalities in the domestic sphere, we need to examine the gendered patterns of children’s housework time.”(2015, P.1). Gender roles are society’s expectations of the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females that they must be taught. These roles define how females and males are viewed in society, their household, and workplace. In The Journal of Sports behavior by Hardin, he states, “Although gender role differences from biological and “Natural” exists in popular consciousness, research has long demonstrated that instead, many are long time socially constructed… Individuals understand their gender because they are given names and treated in particular ways, such as dress in pink for girls and blue for boys, that reflect social construction of gender. Bandura's social cognitive theory is key in understanding the factors in socialization”(2009, P.3). Bandura's theory of of social cognition is that behavior, environmental events, and cognitive factors are the main keys that shape attitudes and actions of an individual. Although, gender roles play a very big part in our society, specific genders are treated differently while dealing with peer influence, media influence, as well as employment.

Your _____ depends on whether you were born with distinct male or female genitals and a genetic program that released either male or female hormones to stimulate the development of your reproductive system.

Gender Roles can be defined as roles society expects people to play on account of their sex life. Like all roles, gender roles are made up of sets of expectations, so they can be thought of as sets of expirations, so they can be thought of as sets of expectation that are attached to sex.(pp: 220 John E. Farley & Michael W. Flota).

Gender can sometimes be seen as biological characteristics humans have, when in fact it is the social characteristic ones society deems either masculine or feminine. Sex, on the other hand, is the biological differences in humans, for example, hormones and sex organs. People usually play gender roles in society, otherwise known as gender ideology. Gender ideology is when men and women have certain attitudes regarding their ‘fixed’ roles, responsibilities and rights. Throughout history men and women have been socialized to play these expected roles that have been placed on them due to their sex. In my own personal life I have encountered many instances where I have been socialized in relation to sex and gender.

Following Voicu and Strapcovas (2008) research, I employ explanatory, deductive research to study how religious beliefs affect attitudes towards women in the household. Also, I will be using empirical background data, and cross-sectional studies. During this section of my paper I will explain all the studies and researches used to determine if my hypothesis is correct.

In today’s society, there are many types of viewpoints between both females and males on many things in life. Most of the viewpoints would have to go towards the males, because people view them to do so much in life. One main example of this would have to be the male’s role in relationships. To society, everyone sees the male’s role to be the one to protect his loved one as well as provide for the both of them and their family. Society also sees that the man’s main role is to be the “man of the house” when it comes to relationships and not letting their wives do much. Males are even seen as fearless and not afraid to show any emotions. This can make young people absorb that the men are the individuals that have to do everything in a relationship which can cause them overdo things or it can cause young males to not even want to do these things because it is overwhelming for them as an individual.

When I was a little girl, my neighbors and I would always be outside until our parents called us in for dinner. We would be playing football, riding our bikes, playing gas station and other games you played when you were little. Even when I was younger we were all in a stereotype of what we could and not do because of the gender roles placed on each one of us. Society has told us that we need to play with the toys that they label as appropriate for your gender. That is why we see even at younger ages the commercials on the television socializes you into what a girl should play with and what a guy should play with which puts us in the gender roles that we have in society. The boy toys were the action figures, blue colored, and more violent. While the girl toys were pink, sparkly, and mostly dolls. When I was younger sometimes I wasn’t able to hang out with the boys at recess for they would say it’s a boy sport and you are a girl. Looking back now, I realize that these boys at such a young age was putting me into a category of being weak and more sensitive. We see this every day, girls being labeled as a group of being more nurturing and sensitive and boys being more masculine. This can be contributed to the fact that as we were younger we grew up with specific gendered toys that could have impacted our life into how we label each other even today.

The male gender role is beginning to emerge as an important and legitimate controversial topic. There are two conditions that defined a male: biological and social. Biology provides a dichotomous male and female prototypes. Male babies are traditionally born with one X and one Y chromosome, as well as the genitalia, called the testes. A key biological function of males is the reproduction, in which a male attempts to produce offspring that will carry their genes. Males typically have higher testosterone levels than females, which stimulates the development of male secondary sexual characteristics, such as aggression, growth in hairs, testes, and muscles. However, the social components of a male play a significant role in the definition of a

Gender roles in relationships still are apart of our society today. Women today have a much larger role in society, and have escaped many of the roles and tropes they were held to in the past. Gender however remains something deeply ingrained in our society, and the societal expectations that are put on each. Some of the more stereotypical ones are that girls are supposed to like dolls, pink, and be nice. Boys are suppose to like cars, sports and be tough. These ideas, whether we like to admit it or not, hold some baring in our head, and those are just ones we put on kids. Things like women are bad drivers, or men shouldn’t cry are common things we often see people expect in society. These expectations often shape what we do and what we expect

I have realized that culture has played a significant role in creating a perception for myself and my family. The Pakistani culture that my parents were raised up in, they have tended to understand it and be able to continue their life with those ideas. Therefore, when the topic of gender is thought about, upon many experiences in my life, I know I have had many barriers and even situations where I did not agree with regarding gender.

Gender socialization often begins early once parents are shown the sex of their child; from then on, baby showers are planned according to gender “appropriate” colors, which are often pink for girls and blue for boys. Even differences in how children are spoke to can be picked up easily in Western cultures. Girls are called pretty and sweet, whereas boys are handsome and strong. Ultimately, the way children learn to identify with their gender culture is in part due to not only family and friends, media, schools, and religion, but also from the toys that may inexplicitly advertise gender expectations. Gender-typed toys may be bought for children as a way for parents to encourage and reinforce gender-appropriate behaviors. However, recent debates have engulfed toy manufacturers and major retailers, which has brought about changes in toy design and marketing in an effort to make reflect more realistic and gender neutral options.

People usually define genders as: a man, should be strong, have a sense of responsibility, and cannot straightforwardly reveal feelings; a woman is expected to be emotional, vulnerable and looks pretty. Cultures teach women and men to be the opposite of each other in various ways. People may show different traits at different times, which are considered against the society. The society rules limit people to gender roles.

Gender roles are the roles in life that society deems appropriate for each gender to play. These roles are recorded in countless ways, such as art, literature, and media. In order to understand gender roles in literature, we must have a good knowledge as to why gender roles even exist. It is common to try to categorize things and people; this is part of human nature. It is no surprise that men and women have been categorized as well. Throughout history have been wars, famine, and plagues. It is in those times that gender roles are the most inforced. It is “In periods of cultural insecurity” that “the longing for strict border controls around the definition of gender” and other things become much more

My role as a young woman is to be as independent as I can be. Also as a young women I want to make responsible decisions that will only impact my life in positive and proactive ways. In my household as a young women I do not have a certain gender role to follow. In my household everyone helps inside and outside, doesn’t matter if you are a woman or a man. For an example my dad has polio in one of his legs, he is not capable of pushing a lawn mower, so I stood up and mowed the yard. Some people would say don’t you have any brothers that can take that role on, yes, but where's the fun in that. Why do men have to mow the yard why can’t a woman? I truly enjoy mowing the yard, it allows me to clear my mind and do something I really like doing. The first time I ever cut the grass was when I was around 14 years old, I saw my mom cutting the grass and I said to myself “if she can do then why can't I” and every since that day I mow the yard mostly every Saturday morning. Later on when the time comes and I become a wife with the right man I am going to love my husband with all my heart and hopefully he loves me back. We are going to be conformable enough with each other to talk to each other about anything and everything.