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li
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SocialNormsaret heaccept
ablebehavior.Iti
sanetiquet
tethatareexpectedtobeseen
i
neachandev eryoneinthesociet
y.Beliefsthatar
epassedgener ati
ontogener ati
on.If
oneoft hesenormsar ebeingneglect
ed,l otsofpeoplewil
ljudgey ourbeing.Theywill
cri
ti
cizedyouandsaysomet hi
ngbadabouty ou.I
nshor t
,socialnormsar esomet hi
ng
thatsociet
iest
hinkthatisal
waystherightt hi
ng.

InthePhi l
i
ppi nes,ifwear etalkingaboutsoci alnor msofgendert here'
sal ott oof fer.
Basedonmyr esear chandobser vat ionssomeoft hesear e;(
1)Womenar eexpect edt o
dot hechildcareandhousewor k.Theyar etheonewhomaket hehouseasahome.
Most l
y,wheny ouaskedf orament odot hehousechor estheywoul dprobabl yanswer
thatitisnott heirdut yandt heydon' tknow how t odoi tbecausei tisspeci f i
callyf or
women.( 2)Men' sobligati
onist obeabr eadwinnerort heincomepr ov i
der.Theyar et he
onecal l
edast hepi ll
arsoft hef ami l
y.Theyar eexpect edtowor k,tof eedt hei rfami l
y
andgi vethel ifet heydeser ved.Al so,theyareexpect edtomakemuchmoneyt han
women.I tisani nsultformenwhenwomendowor kandear nmuchmoneyt hant hem.
(3)JobSegr egat ion,abel i
efst hatcer t
ainjobtypear esui t
ablef ormenandt herear e
alsosomet hatf orwomen.Thi sl eadst ooccupat ionalsegregation.Fori nstance,i ti s
commont hathar dandheav ywor klikeconst r
ucti
onsofbui l
dings,housesandanyot her
faci
li
ti
esar eonl ysui t
ableformen.Usual ly
,women' scapabi l
it
iesar eunder sti
mat ed.
Thatthesoci etybel i
evedwomenar eonl yforeasyj obs,anditisst ereotyping.( 4)Last l
y
i
st heleadership.Ther e'sthi
sbel ieft hatwomenar ebet teri
nsuppor ti
ver olest hatmen
asbet t
erleader s.Itisduet osomewomen' sattr
ibutesofbei ng.Menar ecour ageous
andst r
ongandwomenar eknownf orbeingsof t
hear t
ed.

Liv
inginthe21stcenturysomeoft hosegendernor msar ebeingnegl ect
ed.Yet,wecan
sti
llwit
nessedfew int hesociet
ywel iv
edi n. Speci f
ical
ly,thefirstmenti
onednor m
whichiswomenshoul dbeahomemaker .Butiti
smuchhappi erandeasierwheny oudo
i
tt oget
her.Whenbot hmenandwoment akegoodcar eoft hef amil
y.Andwheni t
comest omoneyearningsitisnotbadi fwomenbr ingmuchmoneyi nt
hefamily.I
nfact
,
i
tiscommonnowaday sbecausepridecan'tfeedy ourfami l
ythough.Compet i
ti
oni sout
oft het
hecornerbecausey out woar ebindedasone.Whatachi evement
sot hermay
gainedyoushouldbehappyf ori
t.Inregardst ojobt hereisnor ightgenderforit
.Itis
thesociet
ywhodi ct
ateswher eyouf i
tandwher ey oudon' t
.Menandwomenhav et he
fr
eedom todecidewher
etheythi
nktheycandobett
erandwhat'
sbestf
orthemsel
ves.
Theydeserv
esgenderequal
it
ybecausebeli
evedi
tornotwhatmencando,
womencan
al
sodot oo,v
icever
sa.

-JHAMI
CAD.KAPALACBSEDI
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