“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved”(Matthew Henry). The twenty-first century; in today’s society the male, masculinity roles are usually associated with strength, aggression, and dominance, while the typical woman's feminine roles are usually associated with passivity, nurturing, and inferiority. Nevertheless the term, “gender role” refes to society's concept of how men and women are expected to act or how they should behave in regards of social interaction. Back in the Victorian era of British history, (June twentieth, 1837 until
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Yet, day in and day out, society tends to observe men and women of all ages, thus stereotyping based on ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or even religious views."Traditionally, a glamorous girl on the arm of a powerful man has been a trophy he could show off to other men."..It's the ideal of feminine beauty that men seek, says Warren Farrel, Ph.D., author of Why men are the way they are. "Men get exposed to approximately twenty million advertisements featuring beautiful woman every year. By the time we enter high school, we're addicted to the idea of the beautiful woman,.."Then society tells us men there is one way to fulfill our dreams by becoming successful."(Grant, 87). Men are wired mentally to fantasize about beautiful woman so when a male grows up he tends to want a gorgeous woman to show off as a prize; according to Roberta Grant,"Ironically, many men seem to want an old fashioned girl on the side: someone pretty yet passive whom they can conquer sexually and dominate intellectually.” Moreover men are set with the goals of becoming successful based on what society wants them to do. If not financially stable a man isn't a man nor reflects what society says how a man shall be; nor will he get the, "Trophy Wife" to show off as a prize. Therefore he is stereotyped to only want a passive unintelligent woman as a spouse because she’s easy and we males may show her
Yet, day in and day out, society tends to observe men and women of all ages, thus stereotyping based on ethnicity, race, sexual orientation or even religious views."Traditionally, a glamorous girl on the arm of a powerful man has been a trophy he could show off to other men."..It's the ideal of feminine beauty that men seek, says Warren Farrel, Ph.D., author of Why men are the way they are. "Men get exposed to approximately twenty million advertisements featuring beautiful woman every year. By the time we enter high school, we're addicted to the idea of the beautiful woman,.."Then society tells us men there is one way to fulfill our dreams by becoming successful."(Grant, 87). Men are wired mentally to fantasize about beautiful woman so when a male grows up he tends to want a gorgeous woman to show off as a prize; according to Roberta Grant,"Ironically, many men seem to want an old fashioned girl on the side: someone pretty yet passive whom they can conquer sexually and dominate intellectually.” Moreover men are set with the goals of becoming successful based on what society wants them to do. If not financially stable a man isn't a man nor reflects what society says how a man shall be; nor will he get the, "Trophy Wife" to show off as a prize. Therefore he is stereotyped to only want a passive unintelligent woman as a spouse because she’s easy and we males may show her