Gender Roles Socialization

What is gender roles really about? What really makes it so important in our day to day lives? Well to first understand gender roles, you have to understand gender. The dictionary definition of gender is "either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:" While Gender roles are more complex, they are something that society has shaped us to look at in a certain way. The sociological perspectives all help justify gender roles. They are seen as essential to society's makeup because the assigned roles work together. Men are, also, seen as dominant and women as submissive. These views are what make individuals in society act a certain way towards a gender because of the beliefs

When someone is pregnant, people will usually ask for the sex of the unborn child thus proving that people are socially categorized from the beginning of life and is something that is continued throughout life. One is expected to behave the way their assigned gender is supposed to behave. Gender socialization is when people are expected to act a certain way based on their “gender”. Through the following agents: family, schools, peers, and media, gender socialization is emphasized and made very real in the world today.

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.

During the first part of the excerpt, the interviewer asks George what his life was like growing up. George begins by explaining he had a normal family life and learned how to cook from imitated his mother when he was young. He then continues about the influence of his dad with cooking by adding, “And, my dad, it’s kind of funny, I think he thought it wasn’t good for a little boy to be making cookies in the kitchen, so because he knew I liked to cook, he would take me outside with him and teach me how to grill, you know, “like a man”.’” The role of George’s dad demonstrates a type of gender-role socialization. Gender-role socialization involves the concept of learning behaviors and attitudes that fall in the category of the individual’s sex.

Gender is socialized at birth and occurs through family association, education, peer groups, and mass media. (Transgender- Having a gender that is different from the gender one was assigned at birth.)

Although in contrast Geoff Dench believes that societal gender roles are beneficial; women stay home with the children and do housework, so that the men can take care of the family and be the breadwinner. “Over-emphasis on female independence, and rejection of sacrifice, has spawned a frog culture in which the sexes are polarizing, and men are becoming increasingly marginal as they revert to a wild state” (Dench). He is stating that because women want more independence, the men are no longer feeling as needed to provide for the family, thus feeling marginal. The most negative aspect of understanding and the attempt to change how we are affected by gender socialization is the discomfort it brings to people. Despite an increased number in people

Growing up in strict home with strict morals I would definitely say that I learned what the course text recognizes as gender roles throughout my childhood. I grew up in a family with a mom and dad who loved each other. I have always watched how my parents would interact and treat each other. They were male and female who would kiss each other and love each other. This is definitely what has lead to what I identify as my gender socialization. I have learned what is normal from witnessing a heterosexual couple. Also, growing up my dad would work and my mom would stay home and maintain the house. Watching this as a child I would not have expected anything less than for the male to work and the female be caregiver. I relate this back to gender

Every society trains its young to function within its own view of the world and according to the rules and regulations that control that world. This is known as socialization. Socialization is defined as the, "Process by which a human being beginning at infancy acquires the habits, beliefs, and accumulated knowledge of society through education and training for adult status" (Merriam-Webster). Through socialization people adapt and learn to modify their behavior, thoughts, feelings and attitudes according to the requirements of their culture and society. Society is seen misrepresenting genders in how the younger generations are taught. At a very young age children are exposed to what it means to be either a boy or a girl and gender roles are

1.  Explain why gender is not a property of individuals but rather a feature of social situations.  Give specific examples, including your own experiences, in which gender differences were assumed to be natural but were really social constructed.

Every day we come across advertisements, many of them revolve around gender and gender socialization. Gender socialization is “the process of learning the social expectations and attitudes associated with one’s gender” (Chegg). Our book discusses gender socialization regarding the expectations for masculinity and femininity (Wood 2015). Most companies use these expectations to create their advertisements, but some companies contradict the expectations to create a different vision for gender advertisements.

What are gender roles? Gender roles are set of expectations, attitudes, and behaviors that are expected from a male or a female in a particular culture. We are socialized to these expectations from our agents of socialization such as media, parents, schools and as we grow up we see a platform that reinforces us to these expectations. The meanings attached to male and female are different and our society valued male over female. The man is supposed to be aggressive, strong, a leader and woman is supposed to be nurturing, submissive and passive. Traditionally the woman is supposed to cook, clean and take care of the household while the man provided for the family.The cycle continued and thorough repeated socialization women and men have started

Why is it that despite making up 55.5 % of the United States population women hold only 19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress, 4.6% of CEO positions (S&P 500 companies), and 13.2% of school superintendent positions? Many people believe that women are intellectually inferior, and/or lack the desire to reach the top. However, these individuals are misguided in their belief about the professional and interpersonal strengths that most women possess. The disproportionate number of women in prominent positions is a result of a historical tradition of gender socialization that facilitates prejudicial practices within the work environment.

Gender socialization and gender roles have always existed in society. When analyzing gender roles, they are not always equal or consistent when comparing cultures, however, the expectations of females and males are often times clearly defined with a little to no common area. The Japanese culture is an example of the defined gender roles that change over time. According to Schafer (2010), because “gender roles are society’s expectations of the proper behavior, attitudes, and activities of males and females”, they must be taught (p.357). These roles define how females and males are viewed in society, their household, and workplace. When examining gender socialization in the Japanese culture, it is important to analyze how gender roles are

There are fewer women hold high-status positions than men in multiple fields. Women made-up 55.5 % of the United States population, but hold only 19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress, 4.6% of CEO positions (S&P 500 companies), and 13.2% of superintendent positions. Why is this? Many people believe that women are intellectually inferior, and/or lack the desire to reach the top. However, they are misguided. The disproportionate number of women in prominent positions is a result of traditions of gender socialization facilitating prejudice practices in the work environments.

Socialisation refers to “the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture”. (Macionis, 2012)