In the collectivist society, gender roles are impacted and formed by the cultures social identity (Welch, 2012). An example is in China, traditional gender roles impact experiences of intimacy. Women take on the roles as being a subordinate to spouses, and do housework and motherly roles. There are as well many differences with regards to intimacy. Women characterize intimacy as "being" as one while men consider it to be "doing" something together. "Gender" reference to a socially learned conduct and desires connected with being male/female. When you discuss gender in a customary sense, the female is seen as the caregiver, the nurturer, while the male is the provider, and the person who attempts to accommodate the family. The roles
