For decades, gender role theory has been making bench marks throughout various points in history. Gender role varying its meaning through different cultures, is societal norms and expectations of an individual’s gender role based on their birth sex. Throughout history, gender role in the U.S has maintained a mainstream view on what is considered an acceptable behavior for each sex. On the other hand, mainstream views are being challenged in modern American society, which have been rapidly changing the norms for men and women and the quality of their relationship.
Seen in a black and white perspective, each individual carries a stigma on how they should act in society based on the sex that they were assigned at birth. In modern society, an individual’s …show more content…
In general, women are inscribed a stigma of being soft and extremely vulnerable. In Gaia’s social science article, Dorie Giles Williams research on the relationship of gender and of masculinity and femininity had shown that, women are more comfortable disclosing worries and information that may make them appear vulnerable. On a social level, it is more acceptable for a woman to freely express traits of emotions that include, vulnerability, loneliness, depression, fear, and sadness (D.Williams). Other traits women are more likely to express would be eating disorders. An eating disorder, although not being reserved towards only one gender, is more prevalent in females who are trying to achieve thinness (Fleming, P., Agnew-Brune, C). On the other hand, Gaia’s social science article also shows that women are more likely than men, to use valuable coping strategies like for example, “tend-and-befriend,” instead of …show more content…
Although men do not express much of vulnerability when it comes to a heterosexual relationship, they are more susceptible to expressing high emotional states of anger, which could result into having an abusive relationship given to the lack of vulnerability expression. According to the article “College men’s and women’s masculine gender role strain and dating violence acceptance attitudes: testing sex as a moderator.” inequalities and systematic genders produced intimate partner violence and promote a culture that tolerates violence against women. A relationship attitude survey, surveyed 398 males and 390 females. The survey examined men’s and women’s acceptance of male perpetrated physical, psychological and sexual violence in relationships, by using the measures of abbreviated masculine gender role stress scale, the masculine gender role conflict scale short form, and the attitudes toward male dating scale. The results have found that masculine gender role stress have been related to attitudes that accepted psychological, physical, and sexual dating violence in both the male and female samples in the measurement model and the structural model. Masculine gender role conflicts have been differently associated with specific dating violence attitudes. Both men and women appraised being feminine, as
Seen in a black and white perspective, each individual carries a stigma on how they should act in society based on the sex that they were assigned at birth. In modern society, an individual’s …show more content…
In general, women are inscribed a stigma of being soft and extremely vulnerable. In Gaia’s social science article, Dorie Giles Williams research on the relationship of gender and of masculinity and femininity had shown that, women are more comfortable disclosing worries and information that may make them appear vulnerable. On a social level, it is more acceptable for a woman to freely express traits of emotions that include, vulnerability, loneliness, depression, fear, and sadness (D.Williams). Other traits women are more likely to express would be eating disorders. An eating disorder, although not being reserved towards only one gender, is more prevalent in females who are trying to achieve thinness (Fleming, P., Agnew-Brune, C). On the other hand, Gaia’s social science article also shows that women are more likely than men, to use valuable coping strategies like for example, “tend-and-befriend,” instead of …show more content…
Although men do not express much of vulnerability when it comes to a heterosexual relationship, they are more susceptible to expressing high emotional states of anger, which could result into having an abusive relationship given to the lack of vulnerability expression. According to the article “College men’s and women’s masculine gender role strain and dating violence acceptance attitudes: testing sex as a moderator.” inequalities and systematic genders produced intimate partner violence and promote a culture that tolerates violence against women. A relationship attitude survey, surveyed 398 males and 390 females. The survey examined men’s and women’s acceptance of male perpetrated physical, psychological and sexual violence in relationships, by using the measures of abbreviated masculine gender role stress scale, the masculine gender role conflict scale short form, and the attitudes toward male dating scale. The results have found that masculine gender role stress have been related to attitudes that accepted psychological, physical, and sexual dating violence in both the male and female samples in the measurement model and the structural model. Masculine gender role conflicts have been differently associated with specific dating violence attitudes. Both men and women appraised being feminine, as