Gender

Everyone acknowledges that there are significant differences between males and females, even if they are only physical. Others see not only the physical but also the social, emotional and intellectual differences between male and female. Gender roles influence women and men in virtually every area of life including family and occupation, but are women and men subject to different roles or behavior expectations? Gender roles by definition are the social norms that dictate what is …

…he tried to refuse to take any hormones that would give a feminine figure. "John" did not know that he was born a boy. He only knew that, "…something was wrong." The fact that he instinctively tried to take on a masculine role, even when everyone in his environment was telling him to do the opposite, proves that there are undeniable differences between the sexes (Gorman, 1997). These differences should be celebrated instead of being ignored.