Gender Roles The effects of gender roles on people greatly change the way society works. According to Webster's dictionary, the definition of gender is the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with a sex, and the definition of role is an assigned or assumed character. The key word in this definition is presupposition; so whether you are male or female, you know what role you have to play in society. Traditional gender roles are beneficial to society. They benefit society in many ways, including maintaining stability, order, and generally making life easier. Women have to do two jobs: outside the home and inside the home, taking care of children. Children who are not raised by their parents do not end up as well off as children who are. These are some of the many reasons why we should have traditional gender roles. Gender roles provide stability and order in society. For example, in societies with traditional gender roles there are arranged marriages. Arranged marriages provide stability and order because they take stress away from women and men. It also eliminates the fear of rejection on both sides. It maintains order because the woman will stay in the house, take care of the children while the men will go out and earn a living for the family by supporting them with money. Additionally, women work too hard in nontraditional tenure-track societies. In non-traditional tenured societies, women work too hard with the combination of housework and workload outside the home. Men and women called for a ceasefire in the struggle between gender roles that took place throughout much of the 20th century. However, now the problem is… middle of paper… and in societies with non-traditional gender roles women are overburdened by the stress of their jobs combined with housework. Finally, women are better educators than men, so they should stay home with the children. Traditional gender roles are beneficial to society.Work Cited----------1) Anderson, Porter. CNN. 1998. 08 April 2002 .2) University of Gender Studies in Gdańsk. 02 February 1991. University of Gdansk. 07 April 2002 .3) Morin, Richard and Megan Rosenfeld. Washington Post. 22 March 1998.07 April 2002.4) Role of women in Islam. 10 April 2002 .5) The family: at home it is a heartless world. vol. 1. Np: HarperCollins, 1995.