Gender And Gender Roles In Society And Culture

From the day you are born you are expected to act upon your sex and gender. Being a woman versus being a man has many distinguishing factors that play differently in each culture. Gender is learned in society through direct and indirect means, such as family gatherings. Gender refers to the social attributions, and relationships that are linked to what is being masculine and feminine. By understanding that society and culture are important factors in how different societies assign people different roles that correspond to their biological sex of male vs. Female help understand why there is gender factors. “Gender can be understood as the meanings that a particular society gives to the physical or biological traits that differentiate males …show more content…
Although gender gaps still exist, anthropologists and other scientists can analyze how gender factors affect daily lives, for example when observing a birthday party and how roles are designated for women and for men. Gender factors will vary in each culture but many cultures around the world share similarities in the roles assigned to women and men. Viewing gender roles will be different in each family setting but by understanding the cultural context scientist and audience can comprehend why men and women are viewed different.The family occasion that is being observed is a birthday party for two six year old female twins. My family gatherings consist of parents, aunts/uncles, and cousins. We all come a stereotypical Mexican family in the sense that you have the men being the machistas and the women playing the home wives stuck in the kitchen. “They explained that a woman‟s primary role in Mexico is to obey her husband and her family while caring for the home and children.” Gender is defiantly a factor in my family gatherings when it comes to what role is assigned to the biological sex, and how each role is accepted to the norm in a cultural …show more content…
Majority of the women in my family act subordinate to their husbands in this sense because they never question or challenge the expectation of women being inside the house cooking and cleaning. This creates a sense of fear among the women in my family to change the norm. This does not better explain the fact why my aunts act subordinate to their husbands because if they showed no subordination, my aunts would not feel entitled to do the stereotypical Mexican woman labor in the kitchen. The universal subordination theory explores that inferiority is depends how it is used and in what “context, society and culture” In this family gathering, not only were the women gathered in the kitchen cooking, but also, before they came inside I noticed that majority of my aunts were riding in the passenger seat while their husbands were driving, yet my aunts know how to drive. This highlights the power and authority the women in my family are giving the men seeing that they are capable of doing the same they give that responsibility to the other