Why are gender roles important?
too much entropy. KISS keep it simple stupid. gender roles add structure, which people need or they become pussy liberals fa*gg*ots.
Why are societies gender roles important?
why do you think gender roles are important/unimportant? like, what's the point of gender roles? how do they 'help' society in any way? please don't give 'yes' or 'no' answers, thanks
Are gender roles important to society?
I don’t believe so. I believe people should be respected as individuals.I definitely don’t believe their should be a cultural expectation that a woman keeps up the house and does the cooking and if a man “helps her” he is doing her a favor.There used to be an expection of the man as the provider. The woman keeping up the house and cooking made some sense if the man was the only one working.I believe it is generally a good thing that both spouses work together to provide and women are less dependent on men BUT since that happened, responsibilities at home should be balanced also. I know SOMETIMES they are, but I think that remains the primary responsibility of the woman to often.I don’t believe women should be thought of as “the only ones capable of childcare”. It is true that women are the only ones capable of bearing children and giving birth, but men are capable of everything after that (breast feeding is healthy but it is not a requirement AND a lot of women don’t do it.I don’t think of societal gender roles are important, or even helpful. I believe expectations between couples should be worked out between them without societal pressure, or societal judgement when couples choose to do things differently than society expects.
Are gender roles important?
This question needs context. Important to what? To whom?Have the existence of gender roles impacted the world? Yes, they have. They have motivated and constrained people in a variety of ways throughout human history. And when gender roles get relaxed and blurred, that also causes huge societal changes.An obvious example is suffrage. Once women couldn’t vote; now they can. Amongst other things, that doubles the number of potential voters. There are many other ways that gender roles impact society, from the large-scale political to the small-scale personal.If my wife and I have children, and I’m better at caring for them than she is, will I stay home while she goes to work? As a man who was raised by feminists—as a man in 2017 who lives in cities where those sorts of choices are fairly common—the answer is probably yes. The answer for my father (who was born in 1936), the answer would probably have been no. His culture dictated that my mom had to stay home and raise me, whether she was the best caregiver or not.I think about this quite often, because my dad was an introvert, whereas my mom needs to be around people. My dad retired the day he turned 65, and he spent the rest of his life at home. My mom is well into her 70s and is still working (by choice) and will keep doing so for as long as she can. And yet, in 1965, when I was born, she quit her job to stay home and care for me, while my dad kept going to the office.Like my dad, I am an introvert. Like my mom, my wife is an extrovert. I would love to stay home and raise children. That would drive her crazy. Luckily, we’re not as constrained by traditional gender roles as my parents are.
Is it important to teach children gender roles?
Children should learn about their bodies on a biological level. The differences between men and women, no matter how obvious or abysmal. But they should not be taught that being male or female means they simply "must" conform to this role in life. Women have certain physical limitations that men lack, sure, but that does not translate to being worth less as a person, it is just a fact of life. Biologically, men were designed by nature to be the hunter and gatherers, they are bigger, stronger, faster and more aggressive on average. Women, on the other hand, were more geared to toward raising and caring for their babies. Our bodies react to puberty in ways which support this. Men become taller, bones and muscles grow and thicken. Women begin having periods, and gaining more body fat in key areas in preparation for child birth. Also, I think both boys and girls should be taught how to keep a house clean and to cook or shop for themselves. These things are done by both sexes, it's not like every guy has a wife/girlfriend doing it for him and mama is not his housekeeper...
Does society still consider gender roles to be important?
Yes, there is still a large number of people who place value on gender roles or believe gender roles should be enforced or policed.A recent example was the issue of Bernie Sanders saying "All the yelling in the world isn't going to solve our gun violence issues." The media grabbed hold of that and turned it around stating that he was criticizing Hillary Clinton for being a "strong woman". They took the stance that Bernie was taking the stance of the gender role that women should not shout or yell. Where they got that, I'm not sure.Just watch childrens' movies and watch what roles the female characters take. They're the victim or want to be married, etc. Barbie is another enforcement of gender roles, now more than ever. So, yes. There are people who still maintain "traditional" gender roles.
Why do gender roles still exist?
They are puzzling. Other than childcare, most species don't practice gender specialized roles. Humans do and it seems to go way, way back.Teeth fossils of men and women have shown different wear patterns. Based on bite marks in hides it's been concluded that women made and repaired garments, not men. It was frequently done by biting down on one end and stretching out the other. There's other anthropological evidence that supports the gender based specializations.Brain and biologically based aptitudes are hard to explain without gender based specializations. Men are better at visualizing 3D objects. Women have better language skills and better differentiate shades of red (an indicator of fruit ripeness).The TV show Brain Games did an episode on this. How many shades of red do you see?The best explanation is humans have had gender roles for a very long time. Long enough for evolution to have selected different traits in men and women.Men and Women Really Do See Things DifferentlyAnother thing I find odd and for which I have no explanation is that women in more egalitarian societies have a larger self-esteem gap with men than women in more traditional societies. Self-Esteem Gender Gap More Pronounced in Western CountriesThe idea that women are happier when conforming to a traditional female role I find utterly simplistic and unpersuasive. I suspect something much more complex is going on, like women encountering more sexual harassment outside of the home and so have fewer negative interactions.While gender roles have been an important human feature it's not at all clear that women were viewed as less valuable. My car mechanic and dentist are each valuable to me in different ways. Agriculture appears to be a watershed event in this regard.With the advent of a specific plot of land to defend things change dramatically. We begin to build semi-permenant housing and some evidence points to an uptick in human on human violence. I'm not aware of any specific evidence that shows women became less valued at this time, but I don't know of any egalitarian agricultural societies. Hopefully a historian or anthropologist can weigh in on this point.
Do you think traditional gender roles are very important?
Do you think that a woman should stay home in order to manage the house and raise children? That is, if her husband makes a decent salary to support the rest of the family. This might even involve some sacrifices on the luxuries, like delaying a family vacation to Disneyland, or a bigger house. But I think those sacrifices are worth it. Do you agree? And do you think that the man should be the bread winner and go out to work? Personally, I think traditional gender roles are very, very important because they give each person a specific purpose in life. I hate how women nowadays are working, while their husbands are staying home to cook, clean, raise the children, etc.