Most of the behavior associated with gender is learned rather than innate. People start to learn what is right and wrong, according to society, from the time they are born. If a boy is born in a family, the families immediately start buying monster trucks, race cars, and action hero type toys and makes comments like "what a big strong boy you are," that encourage so called "male" behavior. As opposed to a girl being born, the fam

ily would then buy dolls, cute dresses, and stuffed bears. They would encourage her to be kind and sensitive like a female should behave. Parents would allow their sons to stay out late and be more liberal on them unlike their daughter where they would not allow her to stay out late and be a little more strict on them. The boys would be expected to help out in the yard while the girls would help clean the house. These characteristics are not unusual or out of the ordinary because this is how things have been for hundreds of years.

For many years men were the providers of the family while the women were the caretakers of the family. Men were, and in many opinions still are, the factory workers, electricians, mechanics, and farmers. These are all jobs that require more physical ability than jobs mainly held by women. Thirty years ago not many woman had jobs or any type of financial responsibility. Today almost every woman has a job and contributes toward their family income though they still

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