Gender_Roles

Gender Roles Abstract: Why do we put so much emphasis on gender' From the moment children are born they are classified as male or female, boy or girl. They are dressed in pink and blue so that others can tell them apart. One of the most noticeable characteristics between all people is the fact that some are male and some are female. How society views them is termed gender roles. When a baby is born, the doctor looks at the proud parents and says three simple words: “It’s a boy,” or “It’s a girl!”. This is such a happy time in the parents’ life. But before a newborn child even takes his or her first breath of life outside the mother’s womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. “We have a strong need to classify that baby as male or female so we know how it fits in, so everything will be in its place and make sense.” (http://www.io.com/~wwwave/men/roles.html) The baby is then brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family, and even strangers identify the sex of the child. Baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls are dressed in pink. As gender, roles, society, people, page, women, men, baby, girls, female, male, girl, different, boys, boy, world, socially, sex, play, family, correct, vs, socialization, role, one, home, differences, difference, characteristics, because, very, social, seen, right, pink