Gender Roles
Gender role
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From approximately 1700 through 1900 women served as soldiers for the kingdom of Dahomey, a slave-trading nation
During World War II, women performed certain roles would otherwise have been considered male jobs
A gender role can be defined as a set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or interpersonal relationship. There are differences of opinion as to which observed differences in behavior and personality between genders are entirely due to innate personality of the person and which are due to cultural or social factors, and are therefore the product of socialization, or to what extent gender differences are due to biological and physiological differences.[1]
Gender roles differ according to cultural-historical context, and while most cultures express two genders, some express more. Androgyny, for example, has been proposed as a third gender.[2] Others societies have been claimed to have more than five genders,[3] and some non-Western societies have three genders – man, woman and third gender.[4] Gender expression refers to the external manifestation of one's gender identity, through masculine, feminine, or gender-variant or gender neutral behavior, clothing, hairstyles, or body characteristics.[5]
Contents [hide]
1 Theories of the social construction of gender
1.1 Talcott Parsons' view
1.2 Geert Hofstede's views
1.3 Albert Ellis' views
1.4 John Money's views
1.5 Gender roles in family violence
1.6 Socialization
2 Anthropology and evolution
3 Culture
3.1 Religion
3.2 Studies on
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Gender roles)
[hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012)
This article has an unclear citation style. (October 2012)
This article possibly contains original research. (October 2012)
From approximately 1700 through 1900 women served as soldiers for the kingdom of Dahomey, a slave-trading nation
During World War II, women performed certain roles would otherwise have been considered male jobs
A gender role can be defined as a set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or interpersonal relationship. There are differences of opinion as to which observed differences in behavior and personality between genders are entirely due to innate personality of the person and which are due to cultural or social factors, and are therefore the product of socialization, or to what extent gender differences are due to biological and physiological differences.[1]
Gender roles differ according to cultural-historical context, and while most cultures express two genders, some express more. Androgyny, for example, has been proposed as a third gender.[2] Others societies have been claimed to have more than five genders,[3] and some non-Western societies have three genders – man, woman and third gender.[4] Gender expression refers to the external manifestation of one's gender identity, through masculine, feminine, or gender-variant or gender neutral behavior, clothing, hairstyles, or body characteristics.[5]
Contents [hide]
1 Theories of the social construction of gender
1.1 Talcott Parsons' view
1.2 Geert Hofstede's views
1.3 Albert Ellis' views
1.4 John Money's views
1.5 Gender roles in family violence
1.6 Socialization
2 Anthropology and evolution
3 Culture
3.1 Religion
3.2 Studies on