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Gender Roles

For many years society has embraced the idea that the difference between men and women were biologically determined. This paper is an analysis of contemporary issues associated with gender roles and difference that we were taught since we were born. Through traditions, media, and peers we act accordingly to how others view us. We all have pressure placed upon us based on their gender. Our sex is determined by genetics while our gender is programmed by social customs. A sex category becomes a gender status through naming, dressing, and the use of other gender markers. Once a child's gender is evident, others treat those in one gender differently from hose in that other, an the children respond to the different treatment by feeling different and behaving differently ( Lorber p.55). When you walk into the toy section of any store, you do not need a sign to indicate which section is the girls' side and which section is the boys' side. Aside from all the pink,......

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