Gender Roles and Differences

In my Family Relations class this week, we learned about differences in gender and the different gender roles that there are. In preparation for one of our classes this week, I watched a video about some people’s views on how there shouldn’t be differences in gender roles.  Some of the people interviewed in this video said that they thought that society happened to create gender roles, and that they did not think differences in gender roles were important. Studies have shown that even as little children, before they are influenced by society's views, that boys tend to be more rough in their play and girls tend to be more caring and nurturing in their play.  In The Family: A Proclamation to the World, it states specific roles for each gender. The proclamation states that “by divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children.” I love how at the beginning of this quote is says that we were given gender and these roles by divine design; gender roles were not made by mistake. Even though each gender has certain roles, that doesn’t mean one gender is better than the other or that males and females are unequal. Because men and women have different roles and abilities, we are able to complete and complement each other.