Social Norm: The Harvard Men's Soccer Team

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According to the social role theory, women throughout most cultures have less power than men, work less than men, and are paid less than men (Santrock, 2016). This theory leads to the conclusion that women are not taken seriously in this world. The Harvard Men’s Soccer Team clearly had no respect for the women on the Harvard Women’s Soccer Team. These women were treated as objects for man’s amusement (Seelye & Biggod, 2016). The Harvard Men’s Soccer Team objectified these women by rating women from one to ten on their sexual appeal. Unfortunately, the Harvard Women’s Soccer Team is not the only group of women who face this type of adversity, women everywhere have dealt with sexual harassment, and to some women, it is considered a social norm, …show more content…

From a young age, children are taught that gender matters to their society. Differences are made between men and women, which constitute as masculinity and femininity (Santrock, 2016). Most children learn that women are caregivers and submissive to men, through the example of their mothers (Santrock, 2016). Contrarily, children learn that men are providers and play a more dominant role in the family (Santrock, 2016). Many of the men from the Harvard Men’s Soccer Team have most likely grown up in this type of patriarchal environment. According to the evolutionary psychological view, the men from this team may have felt their actions were acceptable because their role in reproduction and how it differs from the role women play (Santrock, 2016). In this view, the goal of a male’s life is to reproduce and spread their genes to further generations. Their actions could have been a form of risk taking by competing amongst each other (Santrock, 2016). During adulthood, men feel like they need to conform to being a “real man” (Santrock, 2016). The traditional meaning of being a “real man” includes seeing women for their bodies instead of seeing them for their minds (Santrock, 2016). According to the traditional role of men, men are encouraged by society to degrade women, use violence towards women, and feel as though they are at a higher status compared to women (Santrock,

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