Gender
Gender socialization is the learning of gender roles through social factors such as families and the media. Humans are born with a biological sex and tend to develop a social gender. The way that a certain person, either male or female, should present themself is taught. Through every family and individual, gender roles are being taught differently, and through the teaching they have a certain character in which they hold. Based on genders, some people may be treated different by others and even looked at differently. My uncle has a daughter and a son; he tends to play rougher with his son than his daughter because of their difference in gender. The daughter seems to play much nicer and friendlier than pushing others into the dirt, preventing them to score. In the Samoan culture as well, the women are the ones who serve the food, while the men are out doing yard work. The roles of the gender are taught based on the knowledge of the teacher and what they have been exposed to. For example, Tarzan was a man, who grew up with apes. All of his life he carried himself as an ape because that was the only thing he was exposed to. But, the minute he found out that he was human and surrounded himself with them, he started to act the way humans act. He conformed to them, but he if he wasn’t exposed to that environment he would always think that he was just another ape. Likewise, with the roles of gender, you’ll only act upon what you are taught as a male or female. In some households, they may make the girls do yard work and boys serve the food. It is different all around the world, dependent upon the knowledge of a certain individual.
Gender allows violence to occur to women, as well as men. Statistically, every 1 out of every 6 women are a rape victim or an attempted rape victim. As for men, every 1 out of 33 males are a victim of sexual assault (www.rainn.org). The