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Gender Roles Are Nothing More Than Social Constructs, Discuss.  

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Gender Roles Are Nothing More Than Social Constructs, Discuss..... Gender roles are essentially the behaviour expected from males and females dictated by society, much of our behaviour as males or females is learnt from a young age from the people around us, for example, boys climb trees and fight each other because that is what the other boys in the playground are doing, girls pretend to be hairdressers and suchlike. This essay is about men and women and what makes them different. It is a cliché that men don't understand women, but what is her image of him? Roseanne Barr from the sitcom 'Roseanne' displays a classic female view of the male, she says 'Yes they have control, but only in two areas, starting barbecues is one, and the other is walking around in packs and peeing on things.' It is quite common for women to describe men as 'boys', this is...

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