Gender+Role

//Definition//
 * Gender Role**-set of behaviors that society considers appropriate for each sex

== **Summary**==

//Gender Role// is also that standard of how a person with a given gender identity is supposed to behave including the traditional behaviors that society expects of people male and female

-Many of these traits were considered appropriate for the different sexes; though in todays society we have a broader view of whats appropriate behavior for males and females
 * Ex**: Traditionally men in the United States viewed as dominate, competitive, and emotionally reserved; women were viewed as submissive, cooperative, and emotionally responsive

//anthropologists// have found that some studies reverse the roles that ameicans traditionally give the men and women where some assigned roles differently "masculine" and "feminine"

-Gender roles can vary from society to society, gender role is what gives gender identity its social meaning gender roles can also change quickly through societies

-"Researchers recognize that the concrete behavior of individuals is a consequence of both socially enforced rules and values, and individual disposition, whether genetic, unconscious, or conscious" -wikipedia

**Additional Information**
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender_role&oldid=192275340|wikipediaentries [[http://www.faqs.org/health/topics/8/Gender-roles.html