How Is Gender Changing Roles In Society

Men and Women: Changing Roles in Society From the time a mother welcomes her new baby into the world, the child is forced into a certain color blue or pink. From that moment on children are taught gender roles, the do’s and the dont’s of being a girl or a boy. Boys are blue because blue is masculine and strong; boys play with trucks and are not supposed to cry. Girls are pink because pink is soft and feminine; girls like dolls and are extremely emotional. These are roles that are given to men and women throughout their life, if you don’t believe me watch any family sitcom on television, the men are emotionless and the women are irrational and moody. The gender roles does not end with just these few examples, it extends through all aspects …show more content…
Parents do their best to teach their children all the do’s and don 'ts in life but sometimes even the best parents fall short. I have even seen it happen throughout my own life, the way parents tend to reflect their own bias on their children, without even really notice it. For example, my family was camping and the boys were playing frisbee in another camp. At some point in the game one of my younger girl cousins wanted to join in on the action, but my aunt would not have it stating that Frisbee was a boys game and she could go play with the dolls. This moment proved to me that society and even my own family, is not completely done with discrimination based upon gender. Though that situation may have seemed like a momentary lapse in judgement, it can still lead to issues in the future, such as females not wanting to participate in sports as they grow. Causing these subconscious bias in which it is acceptable for men to play football and women to dance but vise versa is rarely admissible. All of these examples tie into the fact that as kids develop they are taught to suppress certain urges and feeling in hopes of fitting in with their peers, further perpetuating the gender issue seen so often …show more content…
Some parts of the aforementioned bias have made strides toward falling away but one enormous problem still exists in our society, wages differences. Men and women who work the same job with the same schooling and the same experience still do not make the same amount of money, because men are still thought of as dominant or superior in someway to women. Proving that the same bias from childhood can easily carry into adulthood, leading to these extremely problematic results. This gender gap in wages is insulting to women and further demonstrate how gender roles are still affecting men and women. Therefore it is immensely important for society to start viewing men and women as individual people rather than a