Essay On Gender Roles In American Culture

American and Hispanic Views on Gender Roles Throughout all of history men and women have always been told what roles they are supposed to play within their culture since a very young age. Whether it is the American or Hispanic culture, women have always had a much lower and weaker role than men have; this means that women are the weaker sex. Since they aren’t as independent as they should be, women aren’t always the head of the household. However, in the American culture women are able to become the head of the household even though they are still the weaker sex. Men in both cultures are the dominant sex because they are able to be a lot more independent than women and therefore are almost always the head of the household; in rare cases American men will not be the head of the household due to reasons such as not working. In Hispanic culture, just as in American and other cultures, females differ from the males. For example, women tend to be less vocal and take less assertive stands than males do. Due to this many women in the Hispanic culture become stay at home moms. They stay home to take care of their children, clean the house, and make sure that there is a warm home cooked …show more content…
The only reasons why a woman would be allowed into the army is so that she can cook for the soldiers and be a nurse when needed. On the other hand, American women are allowed to join the army and go to war just like Hispanic and American men. American women can also be a nurse if they wish and are trained for it. For both the American and Hispanic men the rules are the same when it comes to joining the army. The only difference is that in Hispanic cultures children as young as twelve years can be drafted if they are in need of more soldiers. In American culture you need to be eighteen and up to be able to join the army; they will not let you if you are