Essays on Gender Roles

Introduction

Different members of the family have different responsibilities, which, in most cases, are socially construed. Responsibility comes with duties that an individual is supposed to perform. At times, such duties depend on the gender that one belongs to. All societies have behavioral and sociological norms that a society deems appropriate to be performed by different individuals of the family depending on the gender they belong to. This is called gender roles, and they differ from society to society, depending on the values they attach to the genders. Gender roles in the family and responsibilities depend on traditions and culture ...

“How I Met Your Mother” is an American sitcom that has proven to be a breath of fresh air amongst television viewers. The airs on CBS but reruns of the show are available on online streaming sites such as Netflix and Amazon. Currently in its 9th season, How I Met Your Mother has been met with critical acclaim and has managed to draw millions of viewers every week it is on air. The how airs on Monday in the United states at 8.pm E.T on the CBS network. The show main characters are a group of friends named Ted, ...

Arguably, globalization has brought way many revolutions, this include the way we dress, the way we talk and even how we perceive gender roles (Muller, 2014). With a particular focus on gender roles, this paper will present a perspective on gender roles within the context of globalization, essentially it will establish how the perception of gender roles has since changed ensuing the revolutions brought about by globalization.
Globalization being the world integration consequent to exchange of ideas across the globe (Muller, 2014), incorporating ideas from other regions regarding gender roles have since changed my perception on the same, different ...

Reply to the Post of the First Student

One strongly agrees with the contention that the body language through posture or other non-verbal modes of communication affect the way individuals perceive themselves and how others perceive them. The selection of Ted Talks video delivered by Amy Cuddy was a good choice to link the theories presented by Devor to application, using Cuddy’s assertions regarding body language. A quick view of the video made one realize and confirm that indeed, body language could influence one’s mind set, particularly in terms of low-power or high-power poses. It was, therefore, remarkable that these lessons were noted as they ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Discussion on Short Stories That Depict How Traditional Gender Roles Promote Violence
Exploring the theme of violence portrayed in literature, is a complicated task. When violence is discussed, it is mostly centered on physical assaults, and thus discussed one-dimensionally. In reality though, violence is multifaceted and is perpetuated by various motivations, and is experienced in varied different ways. Violence inflicted by individuals, sometimes is a product of various culturally instigated motivations. Violence on women is one such phenomenon, which has its roots in the centuries old male dominance over the other gender. Gender based violence and violence against women ...

Jennifer Conlin, writer of “The Freedom to Choose Your Pronouns,” explores gender fluidity in teenagers and college aged students. She asserts that this is just another way teenagers are trying to go against the grain, but she also pairs this with showing that this is not just an American trend. During an interview, she recalls an individual’s example of gender fluidity by saying, “Maybe one day you wake up and feel more like a boy.” While this does not quite define the complexities of gender expression, it is one example that is easy for the general public to ...

Overarching Mission Statement and Identified Reasonable Goals

Review of the Goals
The first goal was to promote mutual support; social participation, social control and socialization among children in the communities to prevent the development of prejudice among them. This goal is both short-term and long-term.
The second goal was to enhance the ability of young children to self-regulate and identify the changes in the world today that might affect the capacity of children to self-regulate. This goal is long-term.
The third goal was to identify various factors that influence the conception of children on gender roles and identify professional ways of advocating a gender-neutral behavior among ...

There are some subtle differences in the two essays, although they both point out the negative aspect of gender norms and expectations. For Jensen, Masculinity is just a bummer. It’s all about primal conquest and competition to determine who the is Alpha male and where everyone else is on the social hierarchy. It’s exhausting and has some very negative consequences, from stress to violence towards women. He seems genuinely tired of men being forced to adhere to the strict guidelines of masculinity. Zeilinger is looking at men from the outside and seems to focus more on generalizations ...

Parents and educators have raised and echoed their concerns for the roles of toys and toy stores in determining and designing gender roles for kids. Most of these parents have shown support for toy stores in which toys are arranged based on themes and not gender. Although several toy traditional toy stores have failed and died out due to the introduction of traditional toys, large toy stores like Toys’ R US have adapted the new trends to survive the flexible demands of the market. A visit to the Toys’ R US stores revealed that, today, they sell a range ...

Gender roles are the differentiated social and behavioral norms that are associated with individuals of a particular sex. Social and cultural factors assume a central position in defining gender roles. This is mainly in terms of interpersonal relationship and personality of a person, meaning that the level of socialization is highly dependent on the biological and physiological differences. Gender roles differ in reference to cultural and historical context. The society expresses the idea of gender identity in terms masculinity, femininity and variant genders or a gender-neutral behavior, clothing, hairstyle and body characteristics. This paper analyzes the impacts of macro ...

Psychology is a complex subject, often coinciding with constructs of sociology. Many psychologists have lent their theories to sociology in an effort to explain how units of people bind together and why people act the way they do. One unit in particular is a family, and the roles they fill are sometimes known as gender roles. Sigmund Freud has very precise views on gender roles, sexuality, and how it impacted the family unit. For example, Freud believed that women lived in constant envy of men. Erik Erikson also had theories on gender roles, beginning in childhood, involved role confusion. ...

A married couple views the gender role as less important in their marriage, but the society represents the roles of gender in marriage as a great consideration. There are a variety of roles for male and female after marriage and it is difficult to specifically define a role for the gender as it is traditionally defined; though there are cultural differences. The gender roles in a marriage are substantial, because over the years of marriage it becomes a team work to raise the family and understand the values of each other, and the life of a married couple does ...

There were various biases in the history of human civilisation. People were judged and differentiated on the basis of their skin colour, sex, face features, height, cultural differences, even age and accent. Although the contemporary civilisation is based on the principles of democracy and the supremacy of human rights, various biases still exist. On the other hand, unlike before, they are not based only on human differences but also on perception of these differences in diverse cultures. In this regard, the actual differences become biased by a particular historical context. In other words, issues like race tolerance and gender ...

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Judith Butler introduces the most controversial analysis of gender of all time. She argues that gender, as far as it can be viewed as an objective tangible natural thing, it does not in reality exist. She argues that gender in reality is performative, which means that gender is real only to the exact extent to which it is performed (Butler 270). She further argues that gender has absolutely no ties to the material bodily constructions and facts but is rather a social concept, a fictional construction that is thus prone to high levels of contestation and change. Her argument ...

When the play “A streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams was published in 1947, the gender roles in the American society were witnessing a shift. The two world wars and the resultant economic strain had forced the society to allow women to fill in many job positions which were traditionally considered to be men’s jobs. But once the war was over, the men again tried to dominate and tried to push the average woman into her domestic sphere. Written in this period, this play aptly captures the essence of the relationship between the genders, and ...

The diversity in cultural views on the role of the male and the female is an interesting topic because of the similarities and disparities on the views of different countries. While some countries treat the male and the female equally, there are also some nations which clearly delineate the role of each one.
In China, the difference in gender roles is what others may call a “gender crisis”. China has always been known to be a country where gender inequality is prevalent, maybe even the norm. For centuries, it has always been a male-dominated society; men ruled and women ...

It has been widely accepted for numerous decades now that women are meant to nurture their children, do the housework, stay at home, and be perfect housewives, having everything and everyone in the household settled and contented. Men, on the other hand, are expected to provide for their families, be the ones who discipline children and the sole responsible for fixing things around the house. When that balance is kept and each gender plays their “role” well, everything works clockwise and societies treat that particular household, where everything is in order and each gender does the things that are ...

The division of labour has been present in human society since the very beginning (Mies 49). The need for the group to accomplish different tasks in order to live was best accomplished through the division of labour. By increasing the value of each person by having them work in different areas enables the large scale progress of the entire society. The early forms of division of labour were largely based around the gender roles, with the male most often being the hunter while the female prepared the food and tended the children (49). This separation was based on the ...

In today's comparatively progressive society, the value of established and traditional gender roles are increasingly being reviewed and investigated. Given the long-running activities, rights and perceptions attributed to women over the past several centuries, it is not hard to believe that these traditional roles for women (wife, homemaker, sex object, recipient of men’s advances and charity) are often ardently defended by societal norms and practices. It is clear that women have certain expectations placed upon them that are reinforced by the society around us - women are supposed to go out and find a man to marry, and ...

Gender is a social construct and depends on the context in which it is created, but it is also a dynamic system that experiences changes, despite the resistance that often clings to traditional norms and gender roles. A review and comparison of gender roles in India and the US reveals how the oriental culture and western culture share certain similarities when defining male and female gender roles. However, it also shows how certain cultural aspects, such as religion, can affect the structure of gender in different cultures. For example, India also recognizes alternative gender roles, which are not recognized ...

Introduction

Individuals are identify to be either male or female at their early stage of birth through an observation of their physical attributes which will include their sex hormones and chromosomes and other internal structures.
With all these factors in consideration a general conclusion came up that men are the strong and stable masculine humans. Men in the society context are the decision making head and individual responsible with the smooth existence of the family.

Men are clearly defined using their anatomy as persons with a complex genetic makeup that is they possess a distinct physical structure. Their sex composition ...

Introduction

Jodi Arias is accused of killing her former boyfriend, Travis Alexander by shooting him, stabbing him several times with a knife and then slitting his throat. Prosecutors claim that Arias committed these crimes after her boyfriend allegedly threatened to leave her. Arias on the other hand claim that she was merely acting out of self defense after a long period of relationship abuse. Gender roles have played a very crucial role in this case. First of all, it is important to note that the defendant is woman. Meehan (2002), states that the woman has in many years been portrayed ...

Introduction

Many are unaware that the Media has always had a vital role when it comes to the representation of various groups in the society, but television, as the most general medium, plays an important position in shaping and representing attitudes. Promotion, as one of the television genres, is considered to be a very prominent discourse kind in almost all modern societies (Cook, 2005). Furthermore to data concerning products and services, it concepts a secondary discourse in regards to society and power and also the relations. Gender relations are looked at one of the secondary discourses that ads create. The ...

The differences in the gender begin from the birth of a child with the general question by everyone, “Is it a boy or a girl”? Gender and gender roles are integrated with us since our inception in this world. The concept of masculinity and femininity is known as Gender, and the Gender Roles are the traits, expectations, and behaviors associated with men and women and what it means to be “masculine” or “feminine” (Bem, 152). The gender roles are associated for male and female depending on their gender. Though there are traditional differences in the roles, it is ...

Gender Roles

Undeniably, besides age, gender is one of the general aspects on which the differences in status are based. Gender is a social creation which details the culturally and socially laid down roles that are followed by women and men. Arguably, our thinking is marks the final product of socialization. From the time of birth, we are being moulded to fit to what the society expects us to be. Moreover, it is through the process of socialization that we come to discover what is appropriate as well as inappropriate for both genders. “Gender roles” is a ...

Representations of Key Social Traits Modern Family

The new sitcom “Modern Family” that has won several awards made its debut in the United States September 2009 ("About the show,"). The show revolves around three families, a traditional family, a mixed marriage, and a gay couple, that interact with one another throughout the course of each episode. Reasonably, Modern Family can be described as “modern” since these families are interrelated, but the producers seem to be trying to communicate a combination of new and traditional elements as well. The title of the sitcom is misleading, which becomes apparent by taking a deeper look within the structure of ...

Abstract

Gender stereotypes in children is a common phenomenon that is instigated by the environmental conditions, especially social institutions such as schools, family, and religious institutions. The family is the basic socialization agent. However, all these social institutions categorize children into gender-based categories. Nevertheless, despite the widespread use of such initiatives to categorize individuals on gender basis, there has been little research to establish the causes of gender stereotypes in children.
This research study hypothesized that, based on the cognitive development and environmental learning theory, environmental and cognitive factors interact to determine the gender stereotype and gender roles in children. ...

In today's comparatively progressive society, the value of established and traditional gender roles are increasingly being reviewed and investigated. Given the long-running activities, rights and perceptions attributed to women over the past several centuries, it is not hard to believe that these traditional roles for women (which are typically subservient to men) are often ardently defended. From the Latino fixture of the quinceanera, to the rampant stigmatization of women's weight, it is clear that women have certain expectations placed upon them that are reinforced by the society around us - women are supposed to go out and find a ...

Project Scope

This paper will establish the various gender roles in some of the popular Disney movies according to the portrayed male and the female characteristics in these movies.

Introduction

The roles of gender in most of the Disney popular movies have been well defined although with a lot of biasness. Most of these movies have brought out the roles of gender to be very unrealistic and the Disney characters have also remained to be very popular amongst the millions of children who are inspired by such movies. Such movies may inspire the roles of a specific gender, the ideals and values, ...

Alienation

The concept of alienation is a one of the central constructs of Marxian theory. This concept was used for description of a capitalist mode of production when workers lost control over the means of production. In accordance with Knox & Pinch (2010) it is described as “a mechanism of social change” and relates another concept of deviant behavior in wider sociopolitical connotation (p.215). Later alienation was used by the early deterministic theorists because it was of a great interest when studying spatial variations of people behavior (Amin, 2002).
Marx outlined several reasons of alienation. Firstly, alienated person feels like ...

Mel and female gender roles are often included in Kate Chopin's short stories, and at times the female characters in her stories tend to challenge these roles. In a majority of her stories, such as “Desiree's Baby”, “The Story of an Hour”, “At the Cadian Ball”, “The Storm, and “The Awakening”, the female character are shown to undergo a transformation from women who are dependent on their husbands, and weak to more independent and stronger women. The female characters are all examples of how women change throughout these stories while the men are the dominant hurdle that these women ...

China and India are the two biggest single countries with highest population in the world. Like any other country in Asia, the two countries are characterized by the rich cultures that have been clearly defined over centuries of traditional allocation of roles by gender. The women and men in the two societies have been assigned defined roles that are similar in some aspects while in some parts, the roles are quite different. The two cultures have had conspicuous role allocations that historically are defined by scholars and thinkers alike. The main question of this essay is what are the ...

Are Men Held To Unrealistic Standards in Terms of Gender Stereotypes and Expectations

When people think of gender inequality and unfair standards they usually think of woman and the struggles they have endured and continue to endure in the world. They faced gender stereotypes like a woman’s place in in the kitchen or the home not in the working man’s world. They still continue to face a world that holds them to different expectations. We don’t often stop to think of the struggle men are constantly dealing with. The truth is men also face their own challenges to try standing outside of the normal expectations and not be labeled ...

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Introduction
Upon the anthropological evolution, gender was a key concept within the actual restraint of anthropology. This research of evolution of gender roles is significant simply due to the post-colonial impact in history. Hence, sex and gender outlines differently within anthropology, the previous as grounded in professed natural changes in that the latter as the cultural productions perceived, performed, and assumed inside the general public, that of which is often based on those perceived genetic dissimilarities . During the 20th century, the rise of sociocultural anthropology, the connotation and impact of gender to the discipline has shifted in some of ...

The media plays an important role in representing the various roles of the gender and it has been influencing everyone’s life on a daily basis in one or the other way. Media intensely impacts every person’s daily philosophies of gender roles and the impressions of gender characteristics. The gender roles depicted by the media for the male and female are quite visible in the advertisements and commercials. The men are shown to be working in an organization or completing the required household chores outside the house and do not support the other gender in other activities. The ...

Is it a boy or a girl? The life of a person begins with this most common question by everyone. Sex, a biological and psychological characteristic determines whether the new born is a male or a female and on the basis of sex the concept of masculinity and femininity is built, that refers to the roles, anticipations, manners and activities in the society which is called as Gender. Although many people use the words sex and gender interchangeably, the two terms do not have the same meaning, sex is a biological concept and gender is a ...

Arguably, men and women have always had some sort of difference. This implies that despite the struggle to implement policies that boost gender equality, there would be some difference. As a matter of fact, every society expects behaviors and attitudes of girls and boys to be different. Even before a child is born it is clear that he/she has a distinguishable characteristic that is caused by gender. As the child grows, he/she undergoes socialization based on gender. In fact, this socialization process is asserted to affect individual later in life. Research shows that societies have ascertained gender roles based ...

In 1939, the film “Gone with the Wind” was released and became one of the top-grossing films of all times. The producers did not only try their best to satisfy the white Southerners and the Black slaves, but challenged the public point of view on gender roles, which were relatively unchanged since the Civil War. This duality of intentions made the film both interesting and controversial in its nature. The rhetorical question in the article by Naomi Wolf “A generation on, do women feel free?” is of particular for this paper (Wolf 487). This question might be a mystery ...

I. Introduction

Gender equity has been a sensitive issue throughout the world. Many societies have a traditional social hierarchy that ranks man on top of his female counterparts. However, the social dynamics in the society have begun to change over time. Many people have come out strongly to speak out for the female gender. They feel that the female gender has been oppressed for a long time and it is therefore prudent that the society transitions in modernity. Many of activities calling for affirmative action argue that the female gender has the same capabilities as the male gender. They ...

What do sociologists mean when they say that the concept of "youth" is socially constructed?

Arguably, the concept of “youth” is believed in sociological aspects, to be something that has been socially constructed. Social construction of the concept “youth”, implies that youthfulness is not a natural concept but rather a result of society identifying and labeling a stage of human life, and describing and giving meaning to all behaviors of that phase. Sociologists believe that the youth in society to be biologically, socially, and physically separate, but the meaning of these differences can be defined by society (Leach & Stephens, 1998).
The development of young people has been subjected to numerous researches. The findings reveal ...