A streetcar named desire gender roles

Gender roles are defined as “The social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or interpersonal relationship.” There are difference between opinions which are due to cultural or social factors, and are therefore the product of society, or to what extent gender differences are due to physical and physiological differences.
Stanley, the protagonist in A Streetcar Named Desire, is a aggressive and brutal man he represents the males of American society during this time period, he demonstrates the desire to have absolute control of his household, including his wife. He is referred to as "bestial" and is animalistic in his behavior and his desires. Even in the stage directions you can see that he is a powerful depiction of all that is male, magnifying certain characteristics and disregarding his wife's concern while selfishly continuing on his own course of action without any concern for the effect his actions have on those around him. In scene one, Stanley forces a packet of met upon his wife; this symbolizes his male dominance in an increasingly patriarchal society. He acquires a feeling of superiority from this standpoint. Williams depicts Stanley receiving his wife's fondness with "lordly composure”, suggesting that Stanley believes that he automatically deserves his wife's respect and devotion without having to work for it in any way because he is her man. He believes that she should have these feelings towards him involuntarily. Stanley states "Be comfortable is my motto," he does what he wishes and disregards the consequences. It is not a motto he actually employs towards the other people in his life; thinking only of himself, he does not care if anyone else is "comfortable" or not.
Stella exemplifies society's conceptions of femininity during the time period the book takes place, around 1947; the obedient housewife and obedient spouse, she is a symbol of femininity, from a current perspective