Gender Identity
Traditional views
Wilson - argues
men need to be
promiscuous in
order to Functionalists like Parsons
reproduce and support the idea of a man and a
women need to woman having specific roles -
stay faithful females have an 'expressive role'
while males have an
towards the
'instrumental' this is because
father and child
biologically it is argued that
women have a childbearing role
which is reinforced by
socialisation while men have the
duty to be the breadwinner and
protector of the family. Women
carry emotional roles and duties
while men carry practical.
Traditional views
Wilson - argues
men need to be
promiscuous in
order to Functionalists like Parsons
reproduce and support the idea of a man and a
women need to woman having specific roles -
stay faithful females have an 'expressive role'
while males have an
towards the
'instrumental' this is because
father and child
biologically it is argued that
women have a childbearing role
which is reinforced by
socialisation while men have the
duty to be the breadwinner and
protector of the family. Women
carry emotional roles and duties
while men carry practical.