By
Tracey Mariner
University of Phoenix Online
January 27, 2008
OUTLINE TITLE
Introduction:
I. Defining the undefined gender role.
A. Male vs. Female
1. What is the male role?
2. What is the female role?
3. Are these roles concrete?
B. Gender Roles
1. Who define gender roles?
2. How are they defined?
3. These definitions are not consists to what we see.
II. Family A. Gender roles define by our families.
1. What is our mother’s perception of gender role?
2. What is our father’s perception of gender role?
3. Why is our parent’s depiction of these roles important to how we see ourselves?
B. The avenue as to how the perception is shaped.
1. What helps to shape or mothers perception?
2. What helps to shape our fathers perception?
3. This means of how we view ourselves has been tainted.
III. Culture A. Gender roles define by our culture
1. What is the cultural perception of gender roles?
2. What helps to shape these perceptions?
3. Is one of the number one reasons to why we can’t except ourselves.
B. Changes in gender roles.
1. How has gender roles change over the years in our culture?
2. How will these changes help us and how have they hurt us?
3. Gender roles will never change
IV. Society
A. Gender roles define by our society.
1. What is the societal perception of gender roles?
2. What helps to shape these perceptions?
3. Society portrays the wrong image.
B. Changes in gender roles.
1. How has gender roles change over the years in our society?
2. How will these changes help us and how have they hurt us?
3. The change will come gradually which will hurt the progression of society.
Conclusion:
Tracey Mariner
Beverly Haley
COM 220
12/30/2007
Gender Roles Introduction
When you see a male in a nurses uniform what is your first impression? As you reflect on your reaction one would say the most common reaction is why he isn’t a doctor. This is because gender roles are not defined, but are impressed upon us by family, society,