As the years have gone on we have seen many changes in the differences and roles of the genders in our society. The Spartans of ancient Greece for example had the woman as stay at home moms to parent future warriors, but they had to participate in many athletic activities because they thought a strong mother would give birth to a strong child. However, the men were the fighters and were kept very close to each other to the point of homosexual relationships forming. Even today though we tend to still classify the genders under certain roles no matter what science has to say.

I read an article About Gender: Differences by J. Bland. The author starts out by stating that try as much as we like men and women are different. He is quick to point out though that everyone is different, so why bother worrying? The difference is

To wrap things up even though through the last century we have tried to undo gender barriers and normal roles we still have a ways to go since a lot of our built in predispositions may not even be biological; it may just be society making the norm.

so strong apparently that it is one of the most important things we look for in a person. After the introduction he starts going into various theories about gender roles and differences. He disproves a few things along the way like: "There are studies about relative abilities of perception, vision sound and touch. Certainly, if you watched a carpenter run his fingers along a planed surface and being able to tell how "true" it was, you would find it difficult to believe that boys lack tactile sensitivity." He goes on to say that men are seen as stronger of the two genders, but the fact is that overall women are stronger. They can

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