Writing Assignment
Adrian Suriel AP English – Unit 6 – Freedom and Revolution 4/11/13 Writing Assignment #2 – How are men and women constrained by gender roles in society today?
Gender role is a commonly discussed subject in society. Gender role simply defined is a person's inner sense of how a male or female should feel and behave. Society and culture are also very important in relation to this subject. This means different societies and cultures may produce children and later, grown men and women, who have quite different views of a man or a woman's place in the world around them, often determined by their culture's gender stereotypes. Our supposed roles as men and women start at the hospital when we are born. Boys get blue blankets while girls get pink blankets. While we have come a long way as a society, gender roles still have a lot of the same stereotypes and expectations that come with being a man or woman.
While children are growing up, gender roles are highly defined by parents and teachers as well as societal influences. Boys were taught to do "boy" things and girls were taught to do "girly" things. The toys that children play with growing up are targeted at either males or females. The activities that are encouraged by adults demonstrate the influence of gender roles on today's youth. Little boy toys include trucks, blocks, guns, soldiers, and action figures. While toys made for little girls include dolls, kitchen utensils, dress-up, and doll houses.
Boys are raised to be aggressive, tough, dominant, and daring, while girls are raised to be passive, emotional, sweet, and subordinate. The expectations that parents hold for each of the children vary among their gender role. For instance, when boys get hurt their parents say things like "shake it off," or "that didn't hurt much," but when little girls got hurt, they would give her attention and pull her aside and take care of her.
Gender role is a commonly discussed subject in society. Gender role simply defined is a person's inner sense of how a male or female should feel and behave. Society and culture are also very important in relation to this subject. This means different societies and cultures may produce children and later, grown men and women, who have quite different views of a man or a woman's place in the world around them, often determined by their culture's gender stereotypes. Our supposed roles as men and women start at the hospital when we are born. Boys get blue blankets while girls get pink blankets. While we have come a long way as a society, gender roles still have a lot of the same stereotypes and expectations that come with being a man or woman.
While children are growing up, gender roles are highly defined by parents and teachers as well as societal influences. Boys were taught to do "boy" things and girls were taught to do "girly" things. The toys that children play with growing up are targeted at either males or females. The activities that are encouraged by adults demonstrate the influence of gender roles on today's youth. Little boy toys include trucks, blocks, guns, soldiers, and action figures. While toys made for little girls include dolls, kitchen utensils, dress-up, and doll houses.
Boys are raised to be aggressive, tough, dominant, and daring, while girls are raised to be passive, emotional, sweet, and subordinate. The expectations that parents hold for each of the children vary among their gender role. For instance, when boys get hurt their parents say things like "shake it off," or "that didn't hurt much," but when little girls got hurt, they would give her attention and pull her aside and take care of her.