2. Family is usually the first and one of the most
influential sources of information about gender,
and is the primary place where many people are
taught women and men are essentially different
and, hence, should have different and/or unequal
roles (Risman, 1998).
3. These different and unequal roles are known as
Gender roles. This phrase commonly used
to refer to feminine and masculine social
expectations in a family based on a person’s
sex.
4. Gender role socialization largely takes place in
the family particularly
through parental modeling and parent-child
interaction.
5. Growing up, my mom ran a daycare while my dad worked hard labor at Bath Iron
Works. This is when I first learned that the Mother's role was to take care of the
children and clean the house, while the Dad's role was to work hard to provide for
his family.
6. Growing up, my mom ran a daycare while my dad worked hard labor at
Bath Iron Works. This is when I first learned that the Mother's role was to
take care of the children and clean the house, while the Dad's role was to
work hard to provide for his family.
Even though running a daycare was still hard work, it still depicted a
typical women's role; Cleaning, cooking and caring for children.
8. These gender roles are often researched among
nuclear families.
Nuclear Families are composed
of two parents (one male and
one female) and biological
children, with the male as the
primary wage-earner and the
female as the primary homemaker.
9. These gender roles are often researched among
nuclear families.
Nuclear Families are composed
of two parents (one male and
one female) and biological
children, with the male as the
primary wage-earner and the
female as the primary homemaker.
A good example of a
Nuclear Family can be
found in the movie Leave
it to Beaver
10. Primary functions of a family are to teach and maintain
cultural norms, including gender norms and roles.
Parents techniques of teaching these gender roles can be
concious or unconcious. This means an effort can be made to
teach their children these roles, or it can be done simply by
providing an example.
