Difference between revisions of "Talk:Gender roles"
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I just want to know what a gender role '''*is*'''. Like daddy goes out to work, mommy stays home with the kids. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 13:13, 6 April 2007 (EDT) | I just want to know what a gender role '''*is*'''. Like daddy goes out to work, mommy stays home with the kids. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 13:13, 6 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | This is covered in [[Gender]] already. --[[User:TrueGrit|TrueGrit]] 14:16, 8 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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That explains why in every instance and every culture all men and women fall into such rigid roles. After all if these roles were in fact constucted that would mean some got the short end of the stick. Now that we know the reasons are biological, no one needs to feel oppressed or oppressive.
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- Gender role refers to the notion that the traits of men and women and their places in society are learned behavior, social constructs, or based on stereotypes, rather than biological differences between the sexes that men and women are born with.
I had a hard time parsing the grammar of this. Is this an assertion, or what?
I just want to know what a gender role *is*. Like daddy goes out to work, mommy stays home with the kids. --Ed Poor 13:13, 6 April 2007 (EDT)
This is covered in Gender already. --TrueGrit 14:16, 8 May 2007 (EDT)