Gender Roles In Feminist Research

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According to the research done by The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, Women are 11% more likely to be gifted or in higher classes then men are. Sexist is characterized by prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of gender. Women historically have been taught to be housewives, mothers, and to be quiet. While men are the breadwinners, inteligente ones, and the strong ones. Not til more recent times have these expectation changed letting women or men be anything they want to be. However many social views are influencing parents and young adults. Parents have different expectations for their sons or daughters because from a young age kids are forced into gender roles, stereotyping genders, and following the “traditional” way.

Gender roles are either implied or forced on kids from a young age. According to The New York Time, “ At young ages, when parents most often search about possible giftedness, girls have consistently been shown to have larger vocabularies and use more complex sentences”. Even though girls are more likely to be more intelligent, parents most googled statements about their daughters are about if they are skinny or …show more content…

According to the Feminist Research Group, “there remain relatively few truly egalitarian parenting arrangements.” Even if some people feel that everyone is equal it doesn 't mean it true. People will deny the gender roles sometimes because they don 't realize that even though that aren 't in them other are. Mostly men will argue that everyone is equal, but they have never faced not being the dominating gender. There is not equal pay, guaranteed maternity leave, or women reproductive rights. How does a parent explain that there is not these rights to their daughter, but then expect her to feel equal. Feminist Research Group states, “Women’s rights are the fundamental human

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