Psychology 2035A/B Lecture 19: 17

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Alvin Segal

Document Summary

Women with traditional role and who husband do more child care will distress as this conflict with perform less child care than they expected: ambivalence about sexuality. Adherence to traditional role will decrease women"s sexual satisfaction. Girls are taught to deny or suppress sexual feelings. Girls are taught to emphasize pursuing romance over sexual experience. Sex is associated with fear of pregnancy and, sometimes, pain. Gender in the past and in the future: explain the basis for traditional gender roles and why they are changing. Historically, gender roles have resulted from divisions of labor (eg. aggression in men to allow for hunting, and nurturing in women to allow for childrearing. ) However, traditional roles no longer make economic sense. Machinery has replaced much manual labor, and both parents can rear children: define gender-role identity and discuss two alternatives to traditional gender roles.