Male/Female Roles
Male/Female Roles | Culture Establishes Gender Roles
In the following viewpoint Michael S. Kimmel argues that cultural mores determine male and female roles. Various cultures in Africa and Asia, he contends, produce gender roles that differ from those in Western societies, evidence that gender roles are culturally determined. For example, he cites one culture, the Tchambuli, studied by anthropologist Margaret Mead, in which women are the economic providers and men spend their days primping and shopping. He concludes that gender roles are determined more by one’s environment than by one’s sex. Kimmel is the author of The Gendered...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Women Should Be Encouraged to Be Stay-at-Home Mothers
- Women Should Not Be Encouraged to Be Stay-at-Home Mothers
- Early Marriage May Be the Best Choice for Women
- Early Marriage May Not Be the Best Choice for Women
- Women Should Reject Feminism
- Women Should Embrace Feminism
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Traditional Marriage Roles Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Egalitarian Marriage Roles Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- A Return to Modesty Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Arguments for a Return to Modesty Are Flawed
- Ending Male Bashing Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Ending Woman Bashing Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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