Question

Using your own words, how are gender roles developed? please respond to that in your own words

Answer 1

• Gender role or sex role is a social role.
• There are two types of concept in gender role-  femininity and masculinity
• While playing this role, people behave according to the acceptance of the society of their sex.
• For example- A male and a female behave according the other males or females, who belong to his or her society respectively.
• The development of the gender role is very important area of human development.
• It affects the whole life of a human being.
• Labeling oneself as a boy or a girl can begin in early years of the child. According to this label s/he start acting like that.
• During the first year of their life, their clothing, emotional expression and their toys all get affected by their sex and this is the initial phase of the gender role.
• After the first year, child start to play and imitate others. They become aware of their gender. they start considering themselves as a boy or a girl.
• Boys start to observe males and learn the masculinity and girls start to observe females and learn to become feminine.
• In the middle childhood, the boys get more aggressive and the girls become more dependent.
• During the adolescents, the boys and girls get fixed with their role identity. Boys become more macho and the girls become more shy and dependent.
• Like this the development of the gender role continues through their lifespan.