Why do certain gender roles exist and how do they benefit society?
Why do certain gender roles exist and how do they benefit society?
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Gender roles have existed throughout human history and cultures. They can be defined as the norms and behaviors that society perceives as appropriate for members of each gender. These roles are created out of the interaction between culture, biology, environment, psychology and sociology which provides order to both personal lives and larger societies. The primary benefit of these gender roles is a sense of stability within an organization or population; everyone has an accepted place in the scheme and knows what is expected from them based on their gender identity.
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Why do certain gender roles exist and how do they benefit society?
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The gender roles that exist in society exist due to social constructs. These gender roles have existed for centuries, and they serve an important purpose in the survival and progression of certain cultures or societies. Traditionally, gender roles dictate the way in which people express themselves, communicate, and interact within their respective societies. For example, historically women were largely responsible for raising children while men provided for the family financially. These types of relationships allowed a society or culture to thrive over time by allowing family structures to remain intact while also providing balance between what were traditionally seen as “female” duties and “male” responsibilities. 

Though not all societies remain consistent with this model any longer – particularly ones that are more modernized or forward-thinking – traditional gender roles do still exist and remain essential to various cultures’ core values and belief systems.  However, certain elements of those traditional gender roles are becoming increasingly more open to criticism as more people strive towards equality between men’s work and women’s labor/role within society; yet despite this increased criticism toward certain elements of traditionalism, much of what is classically believed still stands true today because it has served beneficial purposes within cultural structure across various periods throughout our history
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