How do gender role expectations affect you?

Answer 1

I am engaged, and everyone expects me to be gung-ho about planning a lavish wedding. While I want to marry him, the whole wedding-planning process is overwhelming and extremely commercialized, so we have been living together for a year and a half and still no wedding.

Also, I am expected to have a great career (in my case I need to go to grad school if I want move up in my career) and raise children. I'm not ready for children, nor am I ready for grad school, but the longer I wait the harder it will be to have children, especially while in grad school. I also will have to decide later on whether to be a working mom and put the kids in daycare, or to stay at home for a few years to the detriment of my career.

Answer 2

Well, as a woman, appearance is extremely important. It seems, even today in these so-called modern times, woman is still judged by her appearance (being feminine, sexy, beautiful) and men by their job (money and power). So, as a young woman, my mother was always telling me to wear make up as if this was the way to be more beautiful and find a boyfriend. I always hated wearing make up and usually I put very, very little on. Now I never wear any make up.

The other gender expectation is that a woman will not show anger - that she will know how to play the social game - instead of politically correct, there is socially correct. Now I did not know how to play this game and the truth is I don't want to play this game, even now.

So I have gone my own way - the non-conformist way.

Answer 3

its tough in this male dominated world. we stereotype the genders - man are strong, woman weak. this is totally untrue. both complements each other to the point of perfection but we dont realize it. only a small minority of humanity sees these 'equality'. the established pattern of woman stay home with the kids, man goes out to earn the bread is still the norm. so thats what i did. my wife took care of the kids whose role is no lesser than mine. in fact i tried taking care of the kids for a week when she was attending the virtues program, i couldnt cope. so the home maker is a tougher role and yet society still denigrate them. it will take a major mental shift to change perceptions. we teach our 2 girls that they are as equal albeit in different roles and situations to the man and never to feel inferior. slowly its changing

Answer 4

When my crew get called out to a violent situation, they make me sit in the car, even though I've had the same training as them!!!!!!

Answer 5

All males should be able to legibly write their names in the snow by the age of 10.

Answer 6

i'm a girl. i was allowed to play with Legos and barbies. parents didn't care, or make me stick to "girlie" toys.

it never affected me.