The most important aspect that I think contributes to the gender differentiation and socialization into feminine and masculine roles starts in the home. Many children are taught the roles that males and females play in our society. Females are supposed to be nurturing and be the care takers of the home and are not to get involved in roughness and challenging things, while males are supposed to be strong and tough and be able to handle anything that gets thrown their way. The way the society views males and females is also another stepping stone to the gender differences we see between males and females. Society today seems to portray men as being strong-minded individuals who can handle anything, whereas females are portrayed as innocent, calm, sweet, loving individuals who can only handle a certain number of things that come their way. For example, if a male was to participate in a female dominated sport or game, such as color guard in a band, he would get taunted and laughed at by his counterparts because society has trained us to think that men do not participate in non aggressive sports. The same goes for a female. If a female was to participate in a male dominated sport or game, such as football, she would get questioned by others because once again, society has trained us to think that females do not participate in such rough and aggressive sports. Despite what society tells us or how society has trained us, more and more females and males are beginning to collaborate and make inter-gender teams which are helping us understand better how we work well together.
