Gender and Sex Roles -- EDPR 2111 Sec 007 TR 0940-1105

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Date Posted: 21:13:02 04/16/07 Mon
Author: Lauren Barr
Subject: Gender and Sex Roles

I am torn between my decision. I feel that in a way traditional sex roles can contribute positively to developing a truly free personality, but then again I do not. When we are younger, most parents are more concerned on how their children are looked at. In doing so, they make sure that if it is a boy, they play with boy toys, and if it is a girl, they play with girl toys. Say, for instance, if a boy is playing with a doll, it is seen as not right, so the parent atomatically takes it away and refers to it as a "girl's toy." This later on in life may make them think that they have to follow male trends and can not in any way be girly. Which is not so. Some guys have feminine ways, not just physically but also emotional. The same thing with girls. Take, for instance, me. I am a girl and at times am very, very girly. However, I am also very athletic, which is seen to some people as "boyish." However, when I was younger I was not restricted to playing with just girl toys. I have developed a personality of my own.

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