Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Men Women
Powerful Caregiver
Assertive Homemaker
Agressive
Self-Determined
Gender Roles in North America
●Rise of Feminism
●Family changed from patriarchy to
partnership
●Mass Media driving force behind
perpetuated stereotypes
Gender Roles in North America
●African American families tend to through
away “idealized” gender roles
●Young Canadians tend to cling to traditional
gender roles
African Culture
Female Male
•Under father’s then husband’s •31% of societies based on
authority
•Usually home-makers and child-bearers
male lineages
•Liberia has female president since 2006 •Sons are highly prized
•Education cut short in some cases •Exercise power over female
•Not admitted into the Defense
Academy in Nigeria
•Hunting, crop cultivation,
animal rearing, fishing
European Culture
Women Men
- Play a vital role in most - Men’s attainment of
families by having a job secondary education
- No restrictions due to has increased by 6% in
familial/marital status 2 years
- Not allowed to lead - Part time work is
religious services dominated by females;
full time work is
dominated by males
Australia Sources
●NSW HSC Online
●State of South Wales Department of
Communities and Charles Sturt University
Asia Sources
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/07/19/editorials/
ingrained-ideas-gender-roles/
http://family.lovetoknow.com/chinese-family-values
http://countrystudies.us/russia/51.htm
https://sites.google.com/site/welcometoindianculture/hom
e/family-life/gender-roles--tradition-vs-modern
More Stuff
https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/d/1eO-
rx00mRWr72YFIXCF1FM7kaI1yRDJhLBOubn0ooKY/edit?usp=drive_web#slide=id.g9d00d72f4_2_17
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20672132?uid=380875131&uid=3739800&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3&uid=67&uid=30
783&uid=62&uid=3739256&sid=21106305030531
http://www.cepal.org/de/publicaciones/xml/5/46825/2012-282-eclac-oit_6_web.pdf
http://encyclopediaoflatinamericanandcaribbeananthropology.wikispaces.com/Gender+Roles
North America Sources
http://krytyka.org/gender-stereotypes-in-mass-media-case-study-analysis-of-the-gender-stereotyping-phenomenon-in-tv-commercials/
http://www.lesley.edu/journal-pedagogy-pluralism-practice/safiya-jardine-arlene-dallalfar/sex-gender-roles/
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2013/05/Breadwinner_moms_final.pdf
The Unfinished Revolution: How a New Generation Is Reshaping Family, Work, and Gender in America Medved, Caryn E Journal of Marriage
and Family; Feb 2011; 73, 1; ProQuest Social Science Journals pg. 312
http://geert-hofstede.com/united-states.html
https://becauseiamagirl.ca/document.doc?id=250
Changing gender roles in prime-time commercials in Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States Mary Jiang Bresnahan;Inoue,
Yasuhiro;Liu, Wen Ying;Nishida, Tsukasa Sex Roles; Jul 2001; 45, 1/2; ProQuest Social Science Journals pg. 117
References
•Archibong, E. P., Bassey, A. O., Bassey, U. A., & Ojua, T. A.
(2012). Gender and occupation in traditional African setting: a
study of Ikot Effanga Mkpa community Nigeria. American
International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2 (3), 238-245.
•Constanza, G. (2011). The state of gender relations in Africa: an
assessment of the multifaceted issue of gender in Africa. Think
Africa Press, 1. Retrieved from
http://thinkafricapress.com/article/state-gender-relations-africa
European Source
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-
equality/files/gender_pay_gap/130424_final_re
port_role_of_men_en.pdf