Comparison of Gender Roles
Ben Boice
Marion Technical College
October 31, 2013
Gender Studies
Stay at home mom, career woman, stay at home dad, and bread winner are all titles that are used in both the United States and Japan. In both society’s the gender roles are established at a very young age and continue through adulthood. Although both society’s use some of the same titles there are some differences with in the gender roles. In Japan the term house wife is not associated as being negative where as some in the United States link it with a negative stereotype. In both societies the gender roles were passed down from generation to generation. Both societies have gender roles that are rigid and gender roles that are open. Both types of roles have some resistance from people in the societies. House person would be an example for both societies. In the United States some people titled house wife or house dad are met with a negative connotation while in Japan the title is associated with power. In the Japanese culture a house wife is the one with the power of the house. She is responsible for the budget, taking care of the children and other family members, giving the husband an allowance, and overall decisions of the home. In the United States the house wife r house dad has the stereotype of lazy, submissive, and not sharing the responsibility of the house hold. Within both societies there is resistance to this role. Women in Japan are frowned upon if they choose to pursue a career rather than maintain the home. In the United States it is acceptable for women to be housewives but it is frowned upon if a man becomes a house dad. Since these are not the typical gender roles each culture presents ramifications each person that is actively deviating from the normal social gender roles. In the United States it is harder for a women
