Analyzing Gender Roles: A Feminist Perspective on Patriarchy

This essay examines the concept of gender roles from a feminist perspective, defining gender roles as socially constructed behaviors and attitudes associated with masculinity and femininity. It highlights the feminist argument that these roles serve to uphold patriarchy and limit women's lives by undermining their status and reinforcing external beauty as their primary value. The essay emphasizes the importance of gender roles to feminists in their pursuit of a more equal and caring society, advocating for societal transformation to reduce exploitation and create workplaces more compatible with caregiving responsibilities. It also touches upon the potential of radical feminist strategies to impact mainstream politics and promote unity among men and women in the fight for change, ultimately calling for efforts to challenge the takeover of public spaces and housing resources by global standards.

What is a gender role? Why are gender roles important to feminists?
Gender role is considered to be the sex role which involves the encompassing of the
different behavioral ranges and the attitudes. They are considered to be centered on the
conceptions which are relevant to femininity and the masculinity. The specifications are related
to substantially handle the cultures, where there are different ongoing debates about gender roles
and variations (Crenshaw, 2018). The gender roles are considered to be socially constructed
roles, behaviors, activities and attributes which is given to a society to consider about men and
women. The gender roles refers to the cultural understanding with gender classification which is
not same as gender identity. The major focus is on understanding that it aligned with the
different categories that are being offered through the societal norms (Fleming, Colvin, Peacock,
& Dworkin, 2016).
The feminists claims that the gender role is mainly helpful for the serving of the uphold
patriarchy and then place the boundaries that have been set upon the lives of women. The gender
is constructed in a way that tend to undermine the status of the females and then put them at a
disadvantage through their lives. The primary and the secondary socialization help in focusing
over the interests of men as it links to the female self-worth and to the external beauty. The
gender roles are important for the feminists as it helps in transforming the society in a much
more equal and caring manner (Meyers, & Loken, 2015). It leads to less exploitation of the
people and the resources. The women live through the overall change and the workplace is made
in a more compatible manner with the unpaid work of caring.
There are strategies about radical feminism that has been built for the coalitions and they
have a chance of also impacting the mainstream politics. According to me, the feminism is
always strongest method for uniting to the other groups of men and women, fighting for the

change (Tellhed, Bäckström, & Björklund, 2018). The possible efforts needs to focus on the
organization to stop the take-over and then focus on the public spaces, housing resources through
the global rich standards.
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