Question

in your own words, list BOTH the benefits and consequences associated with being female. What is the one thing they wish they could do but are prevented from doing because of gender role concerns? What is the source of this concern and who, at the bottom line, is causing this concern?

Answer 1

Advantahes of being a women:

• You always have some baseline value to society in your reproductive system, up to a certain age. This means that even though there are disadvantages to not having other skills beyond rearing children, you’re always going to have a fallback social role. Even past childbearing age, you’re considered to be a capable surrogate parent. If a man has no social utility, he’s tossed to the bottom of society.
• In the modern US, family law favors women to a strong degree. If you marry a man with assets, it’s likely you can divorce and get half of it along with rights to child support and alimony. This gives you a strong negotiating position in all marital disputes. If the man walks away from negotiations, he loses 50% of everything. This is less likely to be the case in a marriage in which the woman out-earns the man.

Disadvantages:

• The ‘affirmative action’ mentality.
• “Looking presentable” requires way more effort for women than it does for men. Just getting your hair right requires deep knowledge of hair care and of current fashions. Men just have to manage to avoid cutting themselves too badly while shaving.
• If you are too pretty, many will assume that you can’t be smart. If you’re too ugly, no one is likely to notice you or consider you valuable in other ways. Men can get away with looking hideous or odd to a far greater degree as long as they have other compensating talents.

One thing women wish they could do but are prevented from doing because of gender role concerns : Being more assertive without being "bitchy" or told to "calm down”. People has a tendency to not accept bossy or dominating ladies. They feel that if they accept this behavior women will outpower them.