Title: Gender Roles in Society - Opinion Front
Headings: Gender Roles in Society
Gender Roles in Society
Gender Roles in the Present Context
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Content: While these roles are defined and mostly classified in many societies, this distinction becomes rarer in developed societies like the US or Western Europe. Education, household work, child care, professional commitments, societal issues are the various responsibilities or activities in a normal social framework. These roles were segregated on the basis of sex, but now it is more of a choice and based on the interest of an individual. However, there are many societies in the world which continue to stick to the traditional gender roles. A female is usually expected, obliged to do, or interested in household work, child care and education, leaving professional and social roles more for the males. The way in which gender roles are learned and assimilated by a group of people forms the socialization concept. While the concept of society is extremely varied, the roles too, undergo forced, willing, or revolting changes accordingly. In some places, these roles in socially acceptable behavior do not allow marriage outside a particular sect or community. For some, there is no constraint with respect to the societal obligations, and the gender roles are flexible. Thus, the kind of social structure prevalent at a place defines them in a society to a great extent.