Gender Role Development

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Gender Role Development

I am a man, or maybe I'm a male, no wait I am a guy, although my parents still call me a boy, unless you ask an old person then I am a young man. Frankly, I don't know, understand, or care what I am because most importantly I'm me. My generation has numerous problems and some of the most pressing issues involve sex and gender. It appears we have some confusion on who's what and why, and I can see why this confusion exists we have some males wearing women's apparel and some females who are only females because of their lack of a penis.

When asked the question what was the difference between sex and gender I immediately thought my roommate was about to tell me a dirty joke. Once I realized that I was in class when I heard this statement I decided to research this topic out. To my surprise there is a difference in sex and gender. I now understand sex is from a biological standpoint, whereas gender refers to the role a society places on a particular sex. What I originally believed was the set-up for a dirty joke turned out to be a lesson learned. What surprised me most about the term sex was the connotation it received when spoken aloud. I find it interesting that a word used in the place of the word intercourse actually has more to do with biology.

I feel I am a pretty normal male for my society. I have a tremendous amount of pride. I enjoy sports and eating ungodly amounts of gut bombing food while watching television. I also feel I am a member of the superior sex and just better overall than most women. On the other hand, I feel I possess some qualities that on a gender level are considered feminine. I am a good listener. I am compassionate. I am a romantic. I enjoy cooking, and f...

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...qualities, but I don't exactly have the proper quantity on all of them yet. I have many goals in my life, but I know if I work on being noble, always keep myself collected, work hard, and show strength both mentally and physically all my goals will come my way.

In conclusion I feel society needs to decide collectively what is a males role and what is a females role. Personally I am not confused on what my role in life is, but my role doesn't fit every body's status quo. I have a tendency to be very chivalries about gender roles. I believe men should put women on the pedestal they were born for, but without excluding them from life. The thing gender roles of the past have done is to limit to many things to just one gender, but the happy medium will be found when we figure out the essentials of what is male and female and let everything left over fall as it may.

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