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| − | '''Gender roles''' refer to the roles held by [[men]] and [[women]] in society. While cultures worldwide have had disparate conceptions of gender roles, in the [[evi|Christian]] and [[Catholic]] traditions, the roles are those of men as breadwinners and women as homemakers. | + | '''Gender roles''' refer to the roles held by [[men]] and [[women]] in society. While cultures worldwide have had disparate conceptions of gender roles, in the [[Christian]] and [[Catholic]] traditions, the roles are those of men as breadwinners and women as homemakers. |
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| | The concept of gender roles is often associated with modern [[feminism]] and with their belief that said gender roles are merely "[[social construct]]s", rather than real and essential differences between masculine and feminine traits. | | The concept of gender roles is often associated with modern [[feminism]] and with their belief that said gender roles are merely "[[social construct]]s", rather than real and essential differences between masculine and feminine traits. |
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| | ===Radical Feminist Quotes=== | | ===Radical Feminist Quotes=== |
| | The early feminist [[Simone de Beauvoir]] sought to stop women from being housewives, whether they wanted to or not. She wrote: | | The early feminist [[Simone de Beauvoir]] sought to stop women from being housewives, whether they wanted to or not. She wrote: |
| − | {{quotebox|[W]oman's work within the home [is] not directly useful to society, produces nothing. [Obamacare|The housewife] is subordinate, secondary, parasitic. It is for their common welfare that the situation must be altered by prohibiting marriage as a 'career' for woman." - ''The Second Sex'', 1949. [http://ccostello.blogspot.com/2007/05/feminism-vs-womens-rights.html]}} | + | {{quotebox|[W]oman's work within the home [is] not directly useful to society, produces nothing. [The housewife] is subordinate, secondary, parasitic. It is for their common welfare that the situation must be altered by prohibiting marriage as a 'career' for woman." - ''The Second Sex'', 1949. [http://ccostello.blogspot.com/2007/05/feminism-vs-womens-rights.html]}} |
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| | ==Complementarian Christian Perspective== | | ==Complementarian Christian Perspective== |
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| | [[Category:Worldviews]] | | [[Category:Worldviews]] |
| | [[Category:Christianity]] | | [[Category:Christianity]] |
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