Conforming To Social Norm Paper

What I found interesting is that conforming to social norms and trying to meet expectations while learning proper gender roles sometimes have detrimental effects on both, men and women. Males are expected to be strong, competitive, aggressive and should repress their feelings and emotions, which can result in boys’ misbehavior at school and home and increase a possibility of reckless behavior, suicide and involvement in criminal activity in a future. Likewise, females have high societal expectations that cause stress and psychological disorders.
What I found somewhat confusing is if sexuality is socially constructed, then why transgender people do not feel comfortable with their own bodies or why homosexuals are attracted to people of the