Brian Miller
Eng. 105
2/10/08

The Harm of Gender Roles

Ever since the creation of the earth, men and women have been placed into different roles, or classes that restrict what the can and cannot do. For hundreds of thousands of years, men have been mainly portrayed as the protector, the provider, and the leader; basiclly anything that has to do with fixing, defending, or having power over other people. Women have typically taken up the classification of being the healer, homemaker, and supporter of the males. But are these structured classes helpful in an organized society? It can help in a way because it maintains order and peace. But if someone doesn't want to be in that stereotype, then problems may occor. This whole basis of a cast system for deciding how men and women should behave, participate, and contribute to society is putting heavy limitations on both men and women that they could really do without.

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