Gender Roles in Cultures
Why do different cultures establish gender roles and what do gender roles affect? Overtime various cultures have favored a male descendant because of masculinity, therefore, have dwindled the female population within certain cultures. The power of specific gender roles have played a key role in the discrimination of the opposite sex crossing traditional values and gender roles. Specific gender roles have been adopted in cultures and societies to maintain order and balance, also, to efficiently maintain power. The male is the protector and female the caregiver. The article “China's Great Gender Crisis” by Tania Branigan specifically addresses how the Chinese culture views men and women in society.
Chen's home lies near lush rice paddies, where farmers in wide-brimmed straw hats bend double. The community used to rely on agriculture and believed a boy was necessary for the heaviest work in the fields. "I can't really blame [my in-laws]; their view was a common one. We have a saying, 'The better sons you have, the better life we can have,' because men have more strength and can carry out more work," says Chen. (Branigan 12-13) …show more content…
“The result of sex-selective abortions, infanticide and neglect of baby girls, according to the United Nations Population Fund, is more than 117 million "missing" females in Asia alone, and many more around the world. And for every missing woman, there is a surplus man who will never establish a family. "Men are unable to marry,"’(Brink 8-9). The typical gender stereotypes catergorize men as more masculine and valuebale to perfrom more difficult tasks. Thus, the male gender is selected more among certain cultures to be the leader based on physical traits, and not intelluctiual; which is some cases the women are more
Why do different cultures establish gender roles and what do gender roles affect? Overtime various cultures have favored a male descendant because of masculinity, therefore, have dwindled the female population within certain cultures. The power of specific gender roles have played a key role in the discrimination of the opposite sex crossing traditional values and gender roles. Specific gender roles have been adopted in cultures and societies to maintain order and balance, also, to efficiently maintain power. The male is the protector and female the caregiver. The article “China's Great Gender Crisis” by Tania Branigan specifically addresses how the Chinese culture views men and women in society.
Chen's home lies near lush rice paddies, where farmers in wide-brimmed straw hats bend double. The community used to rely on agriculture and believed a boy was necessary for the heaviest work in the fields. "I can't really blame [my in-laws]; their view was a common one. We have a saying, 'The better sons you have, the better life we can have,' because men have more strength and can carry out more work," says Chen. (Branigan 12-13) …show more content…
“The result of sex-selective abortions, infanticide and neglect of baby girls, according to the United Nations Population Fund, is more than 117 million "missing" females in Asia alone, and many more around the world. And for every missing woman, there is a surplus man who will never establish a family. "Men are unable to marry,"’(Brink 8-9). The typical gender stereotypes catergorize men as more masculine and valuebale to perfrom more difficult tasks. Thus, the male gender is selected more among certain cultures to be the leader based on physical traits, and not intelluctiual; which is some cases the women are more