Let's talk about gender roles 🚻

What are gender roles?

Gender role or sex role- this is a social role which includes a range of behaviours and attitudes that are generally acceptable, appropriate or desirable for a person based on that person's sex

Sexist - discriminatory on the basis of gender roles

Dominance- the power or right to give orders or make decisions

What are things men or women can do that the other cannot do and why?

What jobs are deemed appropriate for men and inappropriate for women?

Are more doctors female or male in your country?

Who do you think has life easier a woman or man?

Can a man and a woman be only friends?

Should boys and girls be brought up differently?

Is it okay for men to appear weak?

What does your society say about men crying?

Can men wear pink clothes?

What behaviours are deemed as appropriate for men and inappropriate for women?

Who do children go to for emotional support? Financial support?

In your country are the responsibilities of a mother the same as the responsibilities of a father in their families?

Matriachy- a social organization in which the female is the family head Patriarchy- a social organization in which the male is the family head

In your country who is regarded as the head of the family?

What do people think of men or women crying?

What would people think of two women involved in a fist fight?

Can men wear women's clothing or can women wear men's clothing? Why or why not?

Are their different expectations for sons and daughters?

Are fathers capable of carrying out the duties of a mother and vice versa