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In reply to the discussion: Study: Everyone hates environmentalists and feminists [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Most of the gender roles is social programming. Go to Wal-Mart and walk down the toy aisles. Walk down the boys and then walk down the girls. What do you notice? Gender roles....everywhere.
And then look at our movies. What do you notice in those movies? Gender roles. Probably 90% of our movies have male heroes. (i dont know if that 90% is true...im just guessing). And Disney in the old days was REAL bad with the gender stuff.
I remember this neighbor I once had 5-6 years ago... she was upset because her son liked to play with his sister's dolls and other girl toys. It just irritated that mother like crazy.
Although you feel that society hates the idea of a woman being assertive, it also hates the idea of a man doing activities that are considered "feminine." This extends even into the workplace, not just the house. It's not abnormal now, but remember like 20 years ago how people would make fun of male nurses?
It's conservatives that are trying to maintain these gender roles. They feel feminism will destroy the family unit. Yes, some of them are scared men that are afraid of losing their status. But most of them are just operating under the belief that this is just the way God/nature intended it to be. It's the same reason they are against homosexuality. They think it goes against nature.