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Molding Gender Roles

Molding Gender Roles

"What is gender? It is something everyone has, but rarely thinks about. They know they are either a man or a woman and simply take it for granted.  Does it mean genetic status as XX or XY, or does it mean the sum of our development up until birth? Or is it simply the social label applied to us by our birth certificates?" (About Gender).  In one short essay, "Women and Men Talking on the Job," Deborah Tannen argues that gender roles are defined from our peers when we are children.  On the other hand, in "How Men and Women Think," Nicholas Wade disagrees saying the difference may be the direct result of men and women brains.  Most people believe that we learn to behave the way we do, while a few argue that behavior is instinctive and predicted by our biology.
 In American societies, girls are taught by their family members and peers to act in feminine ways. As the child grows, it learns that certain expressions of its personality are appropriate to its sexual label, while others are not.  Although times have changed, stereotypical images and ideas of women can still

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