1. Gender Roles and Relationships

2. Gender Role The public image of being male or female that a person presents to others. The way people act as a man or a woman is linked to culture.

3. What are some female gender stereotypes? Emotional Nurturing Clean Good mother Takes care of the house Can’t drive Nag

4. What are some male gender stereotypes? Tough Unemotional Breadwinner Messy Don’t ask for directions Good at math and science

5. Do you think you fit into these gender stereotypes? Why or why not?

6. What’s wrong with stereotypes? They’re usually not true! They can be hurtful A lot of people fit into both male and female sexual stereotypes

7. Is it very important for a wife/female partner to… Put family before anything else? Provide a good income? Be good at household chores? Be well educated? Be a good mother? Be a good sexual partner?

8. Is it very important for a husband/male partner to… Put family before anything else? Provide a good income? Be good at household chores? Be well educated? Be a good father? Be a good sexual partner?

9. Source: Time/Pew Research Center Poll. Retrieved online from http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2031973,00.html http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2031973,00.html