Sociology Gender Roles
Gender roles can be described as expectations of how a person should dress, act, and talk based on our sex. It determines how masculine or feminine a person should be. Gender roles greatly affect people and their view for life. Even though women now have more power in the work place, and more men can be seen being responsible for their homes, there are still social expectations that influence the perception of what it means to be female or male. Various stereotypes of actions and demeanors which are socially acceptable for men and women still exist today. Just by being at work, viewing different types of media, or simply watching how your household runs, you would see how lots of gender roles affect you personally.
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Think of your marriage, if you’re not married think of your parents, how do gender roles play a part in the marriage? At times my parents’ marriage is very traditional, due to the fact that my mother did not start to work until all of her children started school, during that time my father was the primary breadwinner. On the other hand, growing up wasn’t your typical Mexican marriage since my mother became the primary breadwinner while my father was the one that would cook for us. This is very unlikely; I suppose this is because even though my father was born and raised in Mexico my mother was not, she was born and raised in the United States. The culture in Mexico is that a male always has to support the woman and the children while the female needs to cook, clean, have children, take care of the children and even be completely dependent on the male. They believe it is unattainable for a woman to support herself and be educated. Mexican females are raised that one day they will marry a man and he will be in charge of the family, and the family must obey him. Of course I disagree, in the U.S. you don’t need to obey a man, you can be just as successful as a man if not more, not in Mexico, a woman is unable to make as much as the man, so the man is needed. I do agree that the man should support the family at all times, although they can also help around the house. Comparing to the past we have come a long way therefore, men can do what women do, and women can also do what men
Gender differences play a …show more content…
Think of your marriage, if you’re not married think of your parents, how do gender roles play a part in the marriage? At times my parents’ marriage is very traditional, due to the fact that my mother did not start to work until all of her children started school, during that time my father was the primary breadwinner. On the other hand, growing up wasn’t your typical Mexican marriage since my mother became the primary breadwinner while my father was the one that would cook for us. This is very unlikely; I suppose this is because even though my father was born and raised in Mexico my mother was not, she was born and raised in the United States. The culture in Mexico is that a male always has to support the woman and the children while the female needs to cook, clean, have children, take care of the children and even be completely dependent on the male. They believe it is unattainable for a woman to support herself and be educated. Mexican females are raised that one day they will marry a man and he will be in charge of the family, and the family must obey him. Of course I disagree, in the U.S. you don’t need to obey a man, you can be just as successful as a man if not more, not in Mexico, a woman is unable to make as much as the man, so the man is needed. I do agree that the man should support the family at all times, although they can also help around the house. Comparing to the past we have come a long way therefore, men can do what women do, and women can also do what men