As Gender Roles Are Men Out Of Step Summary

1036 Words3 Pages

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, and nonfiction, once said, “The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be. Rather than how we are.” Otherwise stated, Adichie delinates the correspondence between societies beliefs and one's own thought. When generalizations about gender attributes are placed, the gender schemas are related to what really defines masculinity and femininity. This idea of “gender” or “sex” as either male or female, is only based on their genitals. Once the sex of the baby is assigned, parents presume the child's gender. As the child grows it begins to understand what culture and their ethnicity means to them. A number of perspectives illustrate that culture can conflict societies …show more content…

In many cultures or religions a woman's role is to stay at home and be in charge of taking care of the family. This gives the woman the power of the household. When reading the article “As Gender Roles Change, Are Men Out Of Step” by CBS news reporter Susan Spencer, she brings up the idea that if a man does not have a woman who can take care of the household chores, he is not as successful. Its seems like woman have to do a lot with a man's successfulness. Men are lucky to have such a great support system. With this in mind what would happen if the men stayed at home and the women were the ones at work? The news reporter Susan Spencer from the CBS news wrote an article called “As Gender Roles Change, Are Men Out Of Step?” stating that, "Overall I think that for women to contribute economically is a good thing for men," Mundy said. "It gives men within marriage more choices. They don't necessarily have to go into a career they are not interested in just to be the breadwinner, just to be the wage earner. They’re not going to be judged simply on their ability to generate a salary." In other words, it gives a man another perspective of who they can, be another purpose. But how would this affect their their cultural beliefs and identity? It seems that many cultures may not agree with this and that identity wise it would give people the wrong impressions of who the man truly is. The way this should be looked at is how the men can do what a woman usually does and how a woman can do what a man usually

Open Document