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Gender Roles, Relationships, and Health

 

            Gender Roles, Relationships, and Health.
             Gender Roles are cultural preconceived notions about men and women in which they are expected to act and behave certain ways depending on their gender. There are many emotional and physical characteristics of gender roles in the US. For example emotionally men are expected to act strong and not show too much emotion, while women are expected to be caring and full of emotions. Physically men are expected to go out and work in fields like construction, the militaries, or be a fire fighter, while women were expected to either stay home and take care of the family or get jobs like secretaries or nurses.
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             People who can successfully show masculine and feminine traits are said to be psychologically androgyny. They are different from other personality traits, like someone who just shows masculine or feminine characteristics or a person who is undifferentiated which is the opposite. Undifferentiated is someone who doesn't really excel in either masculine or feminine traits. People who show psychological androgyny are usually well adjusted because they can use either of their traits to their advantage depending on the situation. They can also increase their development in a wider range of subjects because they are comfortable with them.
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             Some advantages to being Greek are you sort of have a family away from home, they can help you in making future connections, and they help you in school by giving you advise and answer to some upcoming future connections. They help you to meet many new people and they help the community.
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             Some disadvantages are you have to pay money, people who are Greek are stereotyped as being with many sexual partners or not able to make friends on their own. You may have to learn to tolerate people you don't like just because another member fells they deserve to be in, you have to sit through boring meetings and finally you have to pledge or go through initiation rituals to get in.


Essays Related to Gender Roles, Relationships, and Health

1. Characteristics of Gender Socialization

Within every society, gender is a socially constructed term, and the development of gender roles often begins as early as infancy.  ... The babies actually showed no differences in height, weight, or health. The results from both experiments show that the differences in the response to the baby's gender seem to be based on gender-role stereotypes and that gender-role socialization begins at birth.  There are many sources that contribute to the development of gender roles. ... Eleanor Maccoby (1988) argues that parents are not the only socializers of gender roles, and many of the diffe...

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2. Gender Identity Disorder

Gender Identity Disorders Gender Identity Disorders (GID) is questioning yourself about who you want to be. ... Now, I will discuss some of he casues, symtoms and treatments of gender identity disorder. ... Some of which include, a dysfunctional family life, relationship difficulties with peers, family mental health problems, social sensitivity a bereavement, sexual abuse, early socialization and prenatal hormones . ... Adolescesnts with gender identity disorder are so consumes in cross gender-wishes, that they are not able to develop romantic relationships with...

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3. Gender Roles and Media Responsibility

Commercials and paper advertisements are what is still keeping the gender roles and responsibilities stereotype alive. ... There are already many health issues in teens at a young age with eating disorders not only in girls but also for boys. ... Advertising involves all sorts of interconnected relationships, the relationships between objects and people, how we use certain symbols to show that relationship, the symbolism and the power it has, and most important communications and satisfactions (Monk-Turner, 2007). ... Noting its changing nature, and the role of advertising in maintaining th...

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4. Genders

This essay will discuss gender roles and how females are expected to behave a certain way which therefore makes them seem like the "weaker sex". ... Other studies have shown girls tend to have more emotional distress and to be more preoccupied with their health, appearance, weight and social relationships then boys. ... Society as a whole plays a big role in how we perceive gender roles but early family experiences are a key factor in determining how we are socialized. ... In the female lifespan there are very important clinical issues that only the fem...

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5. Gender Roles in the Novel Speak

Gender roles have been prevalent in our communities for centuries now and they are unfortunately still common; in today's society. The novel Speak , by Laurie Halse Anderson paints a vivid image on gender roles; in today's society. ... In the novel Speak characters play a critical role in helping the reader see the gender roles in the book. ... The characters that Anderson creates aids the reader to visualize the different gender roles, in our patriarchal society. ... In this specific scene gender roles can also be seen as Andy is the instigator and Melinda accepts the rape. ...

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6. Gender Equality

Good examines the relationship between men's gender role conflict stresses and men's perceived quality relationship with parents. Participants in this study first completed the Gender Role Conflict Scale. ... The Gender Role Conflict Scale was also used to measure parental attachment. ... Men who had a good relationship with their parents had less masculine role conflicts. ... It concluded that men with strict masculine roles tend to have poor relationship with their parents. ...

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7. Speech - Women and Mental Health

Growing up is hard, especially in a society where strong gender segregation is prevalent. There is always this gap between the male and female genders; where one gender is idolized and the other marginalized. The female gender in this case i unfortunately the disadvantaged one. ... This means the stress females often experience is caused by their interpersonal relationships. ... In their model we can understand that girls who have expectations of helplessness (i.e. having not control over life choices), who hare bound to experience stressful like events (e.g. trauma or strict family upbringing...

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8. Women in Management and Leadership Roles

Women in leadership roles have been an ongoing issue for centuries. ... Gender restrictions have dramatically reduced, giving women the opportunity to enter into other leadership roles that were not previously available or considered possible. ... (4) What are the gender differences in academic careers? ... Therefore, the essence of leadership is not only the responsibility of the leader, but the relationship between the leader and the team. ... Women's words, voice, occasions, examples and relationships are being analyzed. ...

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9. Social Determinants of Health

Discussion The social determinants of health are studied as a part of the field of public health and help researchers, healthcare professionals, and those forming public policy to understand the relationship of social behavior and interaction and their positive and negative influences on an individuals health from a long-term viewpoint. ... Given this approach, creating a strong community action to achieve public health and successful health promotion are also essential determinants of health for a community. ... The suggestion is that positive and neutral relationships and interactions of ...

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