Gender Roles in Cultural Context
Gender roles in cultural context
Abstract
In this project, the responses were discussed with reference to gender, gender identity, ethnicity, and stereotyping of children’s chores and it was based on the research of Kulk L’s Israel’s case and also Brofenbrenner’s ecological system theory. The purpose of this research was to find out people’s idea of what they think of gender roles in a cultural context. In this project, a short interview was conducted with an Italian female student for her opinion about gender roles in her cultural context. The interview was based on her opinion of gender roles, who does what when it comes to household chores and if gender roles has changed in recent years. The responds that came from her was that she believed that from her cultural background, gender role in being considered as when male and females are being considered to do something different like in the house, females are expected to stay in the house and prepare meals whiles the makes are being viewed as the breadwinner of the family, she also confirmed that gender roles has changed in recent due to the fact that females are now being treated fairly as men.
Introduction
Gender roles in recent years have been one of the important issues within cross-cultural studies psychology by cross-cultural psychologist like segall, Dasen, Berry and poortinga (1999) studied the important. According to Kulik L (2006), he believed that women in this case have less stereotypical idea compared to men when it comes to household chores.
Biological factors in some case may pose some restriction on developmental, but socio-cultural factors are more important of development, Best and Williams (1993). Culture has a huge effect on behavioural like how babies are being delivered in different cultural background, how children are being advice to socialise in the society, what task has being taught and what roles they are expected to do either being a male or female. Mead (1935) studied three
Abstract
In this project, the responses were discussed with reference to gender, gender identity, ethnicity, and stereotyping of children’s chores and it was based on the research of Kulk L’s Israel’s case and also Brofenbrenner’s ecological system theory. The purpose of this research was to find out people’s idea of what they think of gender roles in a cultural context. In this project, a short interview was conducted with an Italian female student for her opinion about gender roles in her cultural context. The interview was based on her opinion of gender roles, who does what when it comes to household chores and if gender roles has changed in recent years. The responds that came from her was that she believed that from her cultural background, gender role in being considered as when male and females are being considered to do something different like in the house, females are expected to stay in the house and prepare meals whiles the makes are being viewed as the breadwinner of the family, she also confirmed that gender roles has changed in recent due to the fact that females are now being treated fairly as men.
Introduction
Gender roles in recent years have been one of the important issues within cross-cultural studies psychology by cross-cultural psychologist like segall, Dasen, Berry and poortinga (1999) studied the important. According to Kulik L (2006), he believed that women in this case have less stereotypical idea compared to men when it comes to household chores.
Biological factors in some case may pose some restriction on developmental, but socio-cultural factors are more important of development, Best and Williams (1993). Culture has a huge effect on behavioural like how babies are being delivered in different cultural background, how children are being advice to socialise in the society, what task has being taught and what roles they are expected to do either being a male or female. Mead (1935) studied three