Cultural Differences Between Men And Women

Gender is the social and cultural differences between men and women; men are associated with masculinity and women with femininity (Diana Kendall sociology in our times p 303). Sex is the biological and anatomical difference between male and female (D. Kendall p 298). However, there can be feminine men and masculine women. In the case of a transgender person, they can be born a man and have the anatomy of a man, but identify as a woman and may even have a sex change operation. For these reasons, neither sex nor gender is completely determined by birth. In 2015, it is becoming more acceptable to be transgender, homosexual or to be a masculine woman or a feminine man. Even if women are becoming more influential in the world, men are still considered

There are behaviors expected of everyone, such as holding the door open for the person behind you or respecting elders and authority figures. For a gender specific example, women throughout history have been expected to cook and clean for their families and raise the children while their husbands were working. However, gender roles in recent years have begun changing drastically. More women are working and more men are stay at home dads, but these couples may be considered odd to others. Gender based socialization starts at birth; because boys are considered more strong than girls, they are treated more roughly while girls are treated gently (D. Kendall p 310). Because girls are considered weaker, their rules are often stricter than boys, even their own siblings. For example, when I was younger, I had to be home before it got dark, regardless of the time, while my brother, who was only a year and a half older than me was allowed to stay out for what seemed like as long as he wanted to. Parents usually pick their children’s clothes and toys based on their sex, so girls get skirts and dolls, while boys get monster truck shirts and toy cars. Many parents if asked for toys that were considered for the opposite sex, would refuse to buy them and tell their kids they weren’t supposed to like those things. I know that when I was a kid, I liked dolls and toy cars and I had parents who accepted that and let me have

Liberal feminism teaches that gender-role socialization taught to children need to change in families, schools and in the media for men and women to become more equal (D. Kendall p 323). Radical feminists are people who think everything is the patriarchy’s fault and usually do not propose anything that would lead to real social change and equality. Socialist feminist argue that women are exploited at home by their families and in the workplace by corporate greed because of their lower wage and rare opportunities (D. Kendall p. 3233). Most items are gender specified and female items are considered weak, dainty and sometimes shameful, men’s are cool, tough and usually acceptable for a woman to use. In society, making a woman’s life harder because of predesignated gender roles, we are contradicting ourselves because the “weak” women, despite all of the inequality are fighting and striving, stronger than