They were attempts to both keep women in their place and to protect them against corrupting influences in society, and within themselves.” Women are always portrayed as inferior to men. Women should not do what men did because women do not have the abilities and capabilities like men. It is only been in recent decades where gender equality is accepted although not as much as it should be. To start with, women drivers did not start out on the right note when cars became popular in the 1920's. Cars were known as manly machines because it was hard to spin a hand crank to start a car, difficult to work on a car and then to operate a car thus creating lacks of faith from men towards
All people feel pain, yet not all people feel it in the same manner as the rest of us. Some people have a high tolerance to pain while others find any pain at all to be unbearable. Many people believe that the pain tolerance levels of men and women are different from one another. Women have long said that as a result of them giving birth and dealing with the associated intense pain involved in labor that they are more genetically wired to deal with high levels of pain than their male counterparts. On the other end of the spectrum it is true that men have long sought to prove their toughness by dealing with pain better than women do.
Another cause of relationship breakdown is a lack of maintenance. In some circumstances, relationships may become strained due to maintenance difficulties as the partners do not see each other often enough and therefore spend much time apart. Boekhout et al. asked undergraduates to rate various sexual and emotional reasons for men and women to be unfaithful in a committed relationship. Participants judged that sexual reasons for infidelity such as boredom and sexual excitement would be more likely to be used by men whereas emotional reasons for infidelity such as lack of attention would be more likely to be used by women.
She is the author of many famous books about relationship and communication, yet her “You Just Don’t Understand” book demonstrates most significant aspects about this issue. Especially of the chapter 5: “Lecturing vs. Listening”, Tannen indicates how men and women have certain different patterns to approach and serve a conversation. Women, tired of being lecturing by men, are now striking against men to blame them as the primary cause to women’s pressure, confusion, and anxiety. On the other hand, men claim to validate their right to conduct a conversation the way they want because they think women are likely the one who talks more, are repetitive, and offer less important topics. In the end, all argues are made by both sides turn out to be true in different aspects; neither side is absolute right or wrong.
Those responses, however, usually provoke conflict as they have different meanings. For women, a minimal response of this type means only that she is listening. For men, instead, it means that he is agreeing. So, women will get upset with men who never seem to listen and men on the other hand, will think that the woman is always agreeing and then, changes her mind! It is often explained that the different roles in speech are caused by the social system which gives men the control, and makes women
Gender Differences In Aggression Previous research concerning peer aggression has been conducted under the assumption that women rarely display aggression; therefore, aggressive behavior has historically been viewed as a male phenomenon (Björkqvist, 1994). Recently, many researchers have challenged the gender bias in the existence of aggressive behaviors and have broadened the definition of aggression. Björkqvist's research suggests sex differences exist in the quality of the aggression, but not the quantity. According to Paquette and Underwood (1999), an adolescent's expression of anger and contempt for peers can sometimes be expressed through physical aggression, manipulation, exclusion, and/or gossip. This broader definition allows for a more complete understanding of the social or relational aggression, which is typically associated with females.
Yet, in the 1990’s and continuing now in the twenty-first century, both the men and women of American society are impeding feminism because their shared responsibility is overlooked, especially in cases of rape and other sexual assaults. It is clear when we look at a topic like rape that both sexes can be at fault, not only for the action at hand, but for the deterioration of equality in gender issues caused by that action. It is a well-established fact that men do not rape for sex, but rather for power. Men already have power just because they are men living in a male dominated society. Why on earth would a member of this "dominant" group feel the need to physically take over another person’s body in order to feel powerful?
Whilst any gender can be subjected to sexist behaviour, it is most commonly women who tend to be on the receiving end of it`. Functionalist and right wing sociologists might argue that sexism hardly exists in society today. Feminists would argue against this. Feminists have fought against the injustices endured by women, they do not believe in male supremacy. The fundamental principles that have existed in a western patriarchal society made women second-class citizens in comparison to men.
This is just one of many examples of gender stereotypes in our society. Other demonstrations of gender stereotypes are seen in career choices, politics, sports and our choice of childhood toys. For instance, it is socially acceptable for a man to choose to become a police officer but if a woman decides to become one, she is immediately shunned due to lack of physical strength. This is evidence that gender stereotypes still exist because society is conveying that men are meant to be strong and powerful while women are shown to be gentle and weak. In politics, it is mediocre if a man is elected as the head of state of a country, but if a woman is elected, then all of a sudden it is becomes a big deal and news of it turns into a massive attention hog.
Discrimination of Women Because of Patriarchy Economically All over the world people are imposed by a system which declares them the boundaries between women and men and expresses that “the most powerful roles in most sectors of society are held predominantly by men, and the least powerful roles are held predominantly by women.”(Allan 1) This system is named as patriarchy and while it is shaping people according to patriarchy’s rules, people are unaware of this huge because after a while patriarchy is regarded as an objective system. Thus, not many people hesitate about patriarchal rules and reject patriarchy’s affirmation. Also they obey patriarchal rules. There are definitions of patriarchy in dictionaries such as “a social system in which the oldest man rules his family and passes power and possessions on to his sons.”(Longman 2) This one points out patriarchal system’s permanent effect on society. Although firsly these effects form social life , also effects on economical areas should be concerned.