Before infants draw their first breath they are either classified as a male or a female. This classification often comes about four months after conception. These two very distinct groups, each come with a guide on how one should behave. This guide is not tangible instead it is an unspoken guide that is drilled into the heads of the young. From birth, people are conditioned to conduct themselves in a way that fits into their role provided for them by their sex. Gender is deceptive, it appears that gender only refers to the chemical and physical variations between males and females. However, the concept of gender also aids in the reproduction of capitalism. Gender gives men the title of the “breadwinner” and women the title of the “caregiver”.
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Again, as stated before everything went haywire. He was incapable of caring for the children for a few hours. This depicted the male as an awful caretaker. The impressionable minds of the viewers have been exposed to the idea of men being incapable of caring for their children and women being incapable of working. Thus, further reinforcing gender roles by showing a women’s duty is to her family and household while a man’s duty it to be laborer. According to What’s Material About Materialist Feminism? Written by Martha E. Gimenez states “Marriage, she argued, is a labour contract that gives men the right to exploit women, appropriating their labour in the domestic setting or controlling their wages or other market earnings; it is, for all practical purposes, a relationship of slavery” (Gimenez). She describes the relationship between men and women as being like slavery. Women stay home and preform all household duties which includes having and caring for children. Men bring home money to support their growing families. Their two very different jobs never intersect. If a woman were to decide to pursue a career there would be no one to have and or care for the new generation of laborers. Therefore, it is crucial for women to not want to pursue a career. It is easier to begin conditioning women and men into believing these gender roles at an early age because they are so susceptible
Again, as stated before everything went haywire. He was incapable of caring for the children for a few hours. This depicted the male as an awful caretaker. The impressionable minds of the viewers have been exposed to the idea of men being incapable of caring for their children and women being incapable of working. Thus, further reinforcing gender roles by showing a women’s duty is to her family and household while a man’s duty it to be laborer. According to What’s Material About Materialist Feminism? Written by Martha E. Gimenez states “Marriage, she argued, is a labour contract that gives men the right to exploit women, appropriating their labour in the domestic setting or controlling their wages or other market earnings; it is, for all practical purposes, a relationship of slavery” (Gimenez). She describes the relationship between men and women as being like slavery. Women stay home and preform all household duties which includes having and caring for children. Men bring home money to support their growing families. Their two very different jobs never intersect. If a woman were to decide to pursue a career there would be no one to have and or care for the new generation of laborers. Therefore, it is crucial for women to not want to pursue a career. It is easier to begin conditioning women and men into believing these gender roles at an early age because they are so susceptible