Gender Roles are one of the various topics we have learned about in Gender roles are a collection of attitudes and behaviors that are considered normal and appropriate in a specific culture for people of a particular sex. Many things affect the gender roles men and women take on. I feel a person acquires a certain gender role by both the way they are raised and society. .
I think a person starts taking on their gender role from the time they are born. In a typical household the boys shadow the father and the girls shadow the mother. This is how why boys and girls take on certain roles in Society. For example little girls pretend to cook and clean, and take care of their dolls. Girls play dress up and try on their mom's makeup on. On the other hand little boys play with trucks, tools and racecars.
Our gender roles are the dividing factor between men and women in the past and today. The expectations placed on females and males are so very different it creates a wall between the two sexes. The traditional roles of men and women still play a big role in the present day. Men have a masculine role to portray, men are expected to be strong, healthy, demanding and in control. The men go to work to pay the bills and support his wife and kids. In their free time men play sports, work out. Men are in charge of a few household chores such as mowing the lawn and washing the cars. Women have a feminine role to portray; women are portrayed as sexy and beautiful. Women take care of the kids, and the home. Women cook dinner for the family and clean the house. In their free time women go to p .T .A meetings and go shopping. In the present day many challenge these expectations. Hopefully in the future men and women will have more similar roles so we can make this gap a little smaller.
