gender role

MY GENDER DEVELOPMENT AND OUTLOOK ON LIFE WOMEN IN COMTEMPORARY SOCIETY SOCIOLOGY 2000 Gender Role development / Agents of gender Just like almost all people my gender role development to have been immensely influenced by the same prevalent agents: Family, Peer group, school and media. Born and raised in Nigeria (West Africa), immersed and socialized through my teenage years in a different culture makes the fact that I turned out not very different in my thoughts, actions …

…ese traits and interests are stereotypically male and my likes may have been shaped to a great by the school and their emphasis and my peers. I have no doubt that the ability comes natural. I also do not think engineering is a profession for males but one that either sex can succeed but I do however realize and appreciate the inherent advantage of being male in this field because of the biases in society.