Theoretical+Perspectives+on+Gender

A. There are different perspectives on how gender is viewed in our society. Starting with the functionalists, they believe that behavior that doesnt benefit the society will become unimportant.; According to functionalism, males and females having different responsibilities survived because it benefits human living. They believe that humans found work based on sex was efficient; most of this being because of their size and strength. Men are supposed to be assigned the job of protecting and being the dominant figure in the household. Functionalists believe that women are not able to do this alone, so they are less dominant in the household. Conflict Theorisits have a different outlook on all of this, although some aspects may be similar. Conflict theorists believe that the male is the dominant person as well, but they believe that if a women prefers a career in a field that is originally seen to be reserved for a male, they should have the right to make that choice, whether or not it is "functional" for society. Lastly, we have the symobolic interationist outlook on gender. They focus on gender socialization, which is how boys and girls act and how they learn to act the way they are supposed to. Parents have a big contribution to gender socialization in general because they transfer their values and beliefs on how they think the child should behave. The learning of gender begins as soon as the child is born. As soon as the child is born, the child is given gifts that are seen as appropriate for the child by what society tells them is appropriate. Such as blue or pink clothes, blankets, etc. Gender is also taught in the household when it comes to chores. Parents often assign the outdoor chores, like cutting grass or shoveling snow to a male; where a girl is given the chores inside the household such as washing dishes, or cleaning up the house. Social interactionists also saw that schools reinforce gender socialization as well. In school, guys are more likely to call out answers, but if a girl does they are usually told things like, "we dont shout out answers, we raise our hands." Overall, there are many different outlooks on the way girls and boys should behave in our society.

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F. This graph lets us see the amount of males and females who participate in a job. The blue represents the males and the red represents females. As we can see more men are in the work force because many gender perspectives say that the male is the one who goes out and bring in the income and the females stay at home. Most jobs hire a male over a female because a male generally has more strength and the ability to do more things in different peoples eyes, even if that may not be true.