Gender Roles, Norms And Attitudes Analysis

Gender Roles, Norms and Attitudes From time to time we all could use a helping hand and surprisingly, gender plays a significant role in whether we ask for or receive the assistance we need. Social psychology points out several facts in relation to gender and helping others. According to Myers (2017), women receive more help than men, and men are certainly less likely to ask for help, but this is multi-faceted. Gender is the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female and the norms are the standards of behavior within a group that are socially or culturally acceptable (Myers and Twenge, 2017). While it may be inevitable to assume that both male and female need help at some point, gender roles or what actions are viewed by society as appropriate for each gender is a major influence on several factors, such as, would a
After evaluating the study conducted by Eagly and Crowley (1986), this is certainly evident. During a recent shopping trip, I noted several instances where people were in need of help. While I did notice that to some extent the findings were still relevant, there was certainly no shortage of helpful women. I did feel as if men were more likely to attempt to do things on their own, rather than request help, such as reaching for an item or asking an employee for assistance. While it was even more often that I noticed a woman who needed assistance reaching for an item or even lifting a heavy item, I didn’t notice an abundance of men offering their help, unless the woman was attractive. I also rarely noticed a woman helping another woman. These circumstantial factors such as attractiveness, whether the person in need of assistance was elderly or a child, or urgency of need certainly offered varying degrees of an individuals willingness to offer help also, possibly showing a snippet of societal change when it comes to gender roles in helping