How does gender roles play in society

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As mentioned previously, sociologists know that adults perceive and treat female and male infants differently. Parents probably do this in response to their having been recipients of gender expectations as young children. Traditionally, fathers teach boys how to fix and build things; mothers teach girls how to cook, sew, and keep house. Children then receive parental approval when they conform to gender expectations and adopt culturally accepted and conventional roles. Instead, gender should be thought of as behaviors and personal identifications that exist along a spectrum.

One way to solve this problem in society is for the media to show more relatable, positive portrayals of people who do not follow traditional gender roles, such as a transgender or transsexual teenager who is going to school like any other teenager, or a football player who dresses or behaves in a feminine way.

Another solution would be more comprehensive lessons in schools that show the differences between sex and gender, as well as the different feelings kids and teenagers may experience as they begin to go through puberty.

This would help teenagers better understand themselves and their bodies as they begin to develop and change. Web 10 Nov. Beisner, Calvin. Christian Answers Network. Bobolts, Sara. Huffington Post Online Addition. Eagly, Alice and Wendey Wood. Hetherington Park; Online Learning Center. Gilles, Kate. And Why is Gender Important? Population Reference Bureau. Givens, Nathaniel. Times and Seasons, Inc.

Stack Exchange, Inc. Killermann, Sam. Lorber, Judith. Scholar Google, ebooks. Miessler, Daniel. Gender roles are behaviors, attitudes and actions that society feels are appropriate or inappropriate for a man or woman, boy or girl, according to cultural norms and traditions. Sadly, girls around the world are kept from attending school in favor of gender norms related to their role in household chores and the position of girls in society.

Their voices are undervalued if heard at all. Their childhoods are stolen, and the countries where they live are robbed of their talent and potential. This reduced access to education has long-term consequences for the future of girls. Without equal opportunities to learn, income inequality and dependence on men to provide keeps girls in a cycle of poverty and confinement to their homes to perform unpaid domestic labor.

Lack of outside opportunities limits the ability of girls to reach their ambitions. In extreme scenarios, such as in sub-Saharan Africa and Western Asia, girls of every age are more likely to be excluded from education than boys.

For every boys out of school in these regions, and girls, respectively, are denied the right to education due to deeply ingrained gender norms. Sonu is the youngest in her family, alongside her older bother Ganesh, 19, and five older sisters, all of which are married.

Through her training with Save the Children's program Choices, Voices, and Promises, she is able to teach her family and community about gender equality and a girls right to an education.

Often women and girls are confined to fulfilling roles as mothers, wives and caretakers. Gender norms position girls as caretakers, which leads to gender inequality in how roles are distributed at the household level. This also results in a lack of education due to the restriction of outside opportunities. In conflict settings, girls and women are even more likely to have their mobility severely limited, resulting in more time spent within the home than men and boys.

Girls and boys can also be assigned very different tasks even when working in the same environment, which exposes them to unique risks and hazards.