This document discusses gender roles assigned in families. It outlines the typical roles of girls which include learning cultural beliefs and practices from mothers, helping with household maintenance, and showing interest in education and arts. The roles of boys include being helpful to fathers, pursuing education and skills, and developing courage, effort and devotion to work. It also lists characteristics expected of women by society such as keeping the home clean, practicing hospitality, obeying parents, pursuing higher education or jobs, and accepting parental decisions in marriage. Characteristics expected of men include courage, leadership, earning capacity, higher education, protecting the family, and mental strength.

1. Gender Roles Assigned in the family
S. Anbalagan,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Thiagarajar College of Preceptors,
Madurai

2. Gender Roles Assigned in the family

3. Role of Girls
1.Learning form the mother
the beliefs, custom and
practices and other cultural
element specific to their
cultural group
2.Helping mother in the family
maintenance
3.Showing interest In
education and arts
4.Learning to move and image

4. Role of Boys
1.To helpful to one’s own
father
2.Showing interest in
education and learning
news skills
3.To excel in courage, effort
and devotion to work

5. Characteristics expected of
women by the society
1. Keeping home clean and neat
2. Practicing hospitality
3. Obey parents
4. Undergoing higher education and taking up jobs
5. Accepting the decision of parents in marriage
etc.
6. Most of their time in household like cooking,
washing clothes, cleaning the house etc..
7. Cautiously moving with the open sex
8. Cultivating interest in fine arts and handicrafts
9. Developing good virtues such as self-confidence
faith in god, entertaining guests etc.
10.Managing the family within the income and
available resources

6. Characteristics expected of
Men by the society
1. Course and leadership
2. Earning capacity
3. Higher education and training
4. Responsibility of protecting the
family
5. Mental strength to overcome
the problem encountered