between males and females, even if they are only physical.

Others see not only the physical but also the social, emotional

and intellectual differences between male and female. Gender

roles influence women and men in virtually every area of life

including family and occupation, but are women and men

subject to different roles or behavior expectations?

Gender roles by definition are the social norms that dictate

what is socially appropriate male and female behavior (Tobias,

1997). In early American culture it was common for a women's

job to be a submissive homemaker in clear contrast to the

males aggressive breadwinner role.

The seventies marked the beginning of the Woman's

Movement and the end of the ideals we held on what it is to

be a "man" and what it is to be a "woman." Gender roles in

Western society have been changing rapidly in recent years.

The transformation was created by evolutionary changes in

society, including economic changes, and perhaps because

people felt pressured to change; they felt the traditional

social structure was somehow unjust or unfair.

Gender roles are a part of the socialization process of hu

this week's PTA meeting. However, I am not seriously asking

to acknowledge the new family, and for all the complaints

advances toward the equality they seek only to encounter a backlash

training, by the acculturation process which decides for them

and economic background. They are initiated at a very early

much of the world women are barred from advanced knowledge and

groups who wanted things to remain as they were. Many of

has instead followed the trend of placing the family in the

technical training even in this 21st century.

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