Gender Norms And The African-American

Gender norms are the specific way men and women are supposed to look, act, and associate with others. When looking at the different races we see gender norms in two different aspects. The Caucasian individuals presumed in the movie generally followed what society considers normal. They were married to opposite sexes, had jobs, the women were the caregivers, men worked to support the family, men had authority, and the women were ultimately responsible for the kids. Nevertheless, when watching the other race there were few to little gender norms followed. Most of the African-American were single mothers with no jobs. They didn’t provide well for their family. Ultimately there were a lot of gender norms broke.