Gender Roles

Article Review # 99342

English > Analysis
Gender and Sexuality > Gender Studies

Gender Roles

A summary of various articles pertaining to the issue of gender roles.

1,722 words () | 10 sources | MLA | 2007 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper presents and analyzes various articles pertaining to the issue of gender roles. It describes the research question of each article, presents the writer's finding and discusses their conclusions. The paper presents articles that research gender issues and roles from differing perspectives, such as the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), stress in the workplace and the biological make up of men and women.

Table of Contents:
Irwin
Artis and Pavalko
Miller
Stewart and McDermott
Choi
DeLunas and Kesic
Wentworth and Chell
Mellor
Sabattini and Leaper
Barnett

From the Paper:

"The researcher stipulates that this societal belief has dominated political, as well as social organizations. This belief has further led many women to believe that in order to reduce stress they must leave the workforce. Yet, Barnett concludes that the evidence indicates that employment is generally not the primary cause of stress for women, the home life is. In light of these conclusions, Barnett suggests that psychiatrists take a new approach to assisting patients that appear to be overcome by stress."

Sample of Sources Used:

Artis, J., and Pavalko, E. Explaining the decline in women's household labor: Individual change and cohort differences. Journal of Marriage and Family. 65: 746-761.
Barnett, R. (2004). Women in multiple roles: Myths and reality. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 12(3):158-164.
Choi, P. (2001). Genes and gender roles: Why is the nature argument so appealing? Psychology, Evolution and Gender. 3(3): 279-285.
Delunas, H., and Kelsic, K. (2001). Compelling evidence for the need of corporate work/life balance initiatives: Results form a national survey of stressful life events. Journal of Employment Counseling. 38(1): 38.
Irwin, S. (2003). Interdependencies, values and the reshaping of difference: gender and generation at the birth oftwentieth-century modernity. British Journal of Sociology. 54(4): 565-584.