Stereotypes Of Gender Differences

Western cultures are an androcentric based society. It is more beneficial to be males then females in this culture. Both genders are stereotype which can lead to misrepresentation of genders, this can affect many aspects of people lives. For example, if a couple is fighting each other for custody of their children, one gender may be have better chance of getting custody. A marriage in the United States of America has a 50% chance of ending in a divorce. The couple will end up in court to see who will get custody of children. Then it’s up to the judge to decide with whom the child will be living with. There are laws that help the judge decide but these laws may be bias towards one parent, the mother. Mothers will most likely get awarded custody
One type is sole custody which means one parent has the authority to make decisions for the child on many aspect of the child lives, and the child lives with that one parent. For example, what school he or she goes to. If that child attended a church. What type of medical treatment that child gets. The parent who the child does not live with has the right for visitation but this may be limited. This is was the most common type of custody awarded. Split custody is another type, where the child is divide between the parents. This is a very rare type of arrangement. Joint custody is one of the modern types of custody. Joint legal custody is when both parents have the right to say what is going to happen in the child’s live but the child lives with only one parent who is usually the mother. Joint physical custody is when both parents have the right to say what is going to happen in a child live and the child lives with both parents but spends most of the time with one parent. Joint physical custody is now the most common custody
First criteria is who is the primary caretaker. This entails which parent cares for the child in daily activities. This criteria may be biased towards the mothers because it is mothers who typically stay with the child. In the past years stay at home mothers had been declining due to many reasons. One reason may be that family wage is not seen anymore. A family wage is a wage that the whole family can live on. It is typically earned by one parent the father. In the 1950 family wages did existed and this may be why society saw a lot more of stay at mothers. Now stay at home mother are back on the rise. In 2012 the United Stated of America saw a 6% increase in stay at home mothers. Mother who are stay at home tend to be younger in age 42% of the stay at home mothers were under the age of 35. These mothers also tend to have a lower level of education. Only about 7% of fathers in the USA are stay at home fathers compared to the 29% of mothers who stay at home mothers who to care for children. This percentage only shows sole earner families. Some families are dual earners which means both parents work. After the parents finish their paying jobs they come home to the second shift. Which is a non-paid job, it is the work that is done in the house. The buying of groceries, feeding the kids, cleaning the house, showering the kids, the helping with the homework, taking the