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SOCS 350 Week 3 Discussion 2 - GENDER ROLES When traveling to other countries for business, it is important to know the male/female roles in each country. Not knowing these roles could cause proble... ms in discussions and negotiations. If you were traveling to Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Brazil, Thailand, the Czech Republic, Russia, or Rwanda, what would you need to know about the traditional male/female roles? Search the Internet for one or more of the above countries to Fnd out about male/female roles. Share your Fndings with the class Changing Gender Roles in the U.S. I think gender roles were very different 50 years ago. Women did not have the power back then as they do today. To have a woman running for vice president or even president would have been unheard of back then. Women were thought of as more of the home makers and housewives. Today, women have a lot more power and for the most part are to be considered equal in the corporate world even though there are some old timers that do not agree with that concept. There are still incidents that occur in today's society that conflict with the idea of women moving up in the business world such as being passed up for a promotion because of your female genocode. Some company's still pay women less than they pay a man, which is unfair. In an online article I read called Equality for Women — How Far Have We Come? "Women today earn only $0.77 for every dollar paid to men. Only 21 Fortune 500 CEOs are women. The U.S. is one of the only countries on the planet that doesn’t guarantee a single day of paid maternity leave". I am not too sure about that last comment about the U.S. being the only country on the planet that doesn't guarantee a single day of paid maternity leave because I am sure that some countries do not even know what maternity leave means. But then again who knows. http://billmoyers.com/groupthink/the-feminine-mystique-50-years-later/ Gendered Socialization Hi everyone, I have 4 brothers and I am the only female. I can’t remember my parents perpetuating specific gender roles or encouraging me to play with dolls etc. It was always more fun to play with the boys and although I was not a "tomboy" when I was younger, I certainly was not a "girly girl" either. That being said I don't think my decision on becoming a nurse was anything my parents leaned towards or related to any encouragement from teachers etc- in fact I think I could have chosen to be anything and they would have been just as proud of me. I try not to perpetuate gender roles with my 4 year old son and 3 year old daughter; but I do find myself saying "Don't play too rough with your sister, she's a girl". My son WILL NOT wear anything that looks like it could possibly be for a girl- which started when he was really young and which I find extremely odd. I make it a point to tell them that they can be anything they want to be and when it comes to tidying up they are both responsible. The media and society however I think send subliminal messages as to what is appropriate for boys and girls and kind of molds their choices unknowingly. Gender and Non-Verbal Communication According to the West Virginia Department of Education website, here are some more differences between males and females non-verbal communication. Some differences are dependent on age and culture. Reference: https://wvde.state.wv.us/abe/HTGR/difficult/gendernonverbal.pdf [Show More]

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