Gender Roles Are Bad For Children

Most people think that gender roles are genetically ingrained upon our brains and that naturally we just follow them, but very few people actually know that gender roles are bad for children. The University of Warwick did a study that followed the interactions of a group of 14-year-olds for three months. The doctor that controlled this study, Dr Maria do Mar Pereira, said that “Young people try to adapt their behavior according to these pressures to fit into society. One of the pressures is that young men must be more dominant – cleverer, stronger, taller, funnier – than young women, and that being in a relationship with a woman who is more intelligent will undermine their masculinity”(Holloway). Even from a young age, children try to fit themselves