Gender Roles Term Paper by hicaliber
Gender Roles
A look at the so-called traditional gender roles.
# 95748
| 1,231 words
| 5 sources
| MLA
| 2006
| 
Published
on May 31, 2007
in
Gender and Sexuality
(Gender Studies)
, Gender and Sexuality
(Sexual Politics)
, Gender and Sexuality
(Theories of Gender)
, Sociology
(General)
, Women Studies
(General)
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Description:
This paper discusses how, from the time that males and females are born, they are expected to fit into what society often terms as the "traditional" roles for each gender. The paper goes on to discuss that in reality, both males and females often uphold and/or violate these so-called traditional roles, as does the multimedia establishment. This paper takes a look at the various facets of male and female gender roles in an effort to better understand this complex topic.
Outline:
Abstract
Socially Defined Terms-Masculinity and Femininity
Male Gender Roles- Followed and Violated
Female Gender Roles-Followed and Violated
Physiological Aspects of Gender Difference
Rebelling Against Gender Definition
Summary
Outline:
Abstract
Socially Defined Terms-Masculinity and Femininity
Male Gender Roles- Followed and Violated
Female Gender Roles-Followed and Violated
Physiological Aspects of Gender Difference
Rebelling Against Gender Definition
Summary
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- Gross, Rita M. "What Went Wrong? Feminism and Freedom from the Prison of Gender Roles." Cross Currents Spring 2003: 8+.
- Kimura, Doreen. "Male Brain, Female Brain: The Hidden Difference; Gender Does Affect How Our Brains Work - but in Surprising Ways." Psychology Today Nov. 1985: 50+.
- (Maccobt Eleanor 1999 Social Development)Maccoby, Eleanor (1999). Social Development, Psychological Growth and the Parent-Child Relationship. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich.
- (Maasik Solomon 2003 Signs of Life in the USA)Maasik, & Solomon (2003). Signs of Life in the USA (4th ed.). Boston: Bedford/St. Martins.
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Gender Roles (2007, May 31)
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"Gender Roles" 31 May 2007.
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