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Female Roles Within the World
Throughout time female gender roles have always been a problem. There have always been these made-up roles that were set by men. Like women's only purpose is to clean the whole house, always make their husbands something to eat as soon as they say they are hungry, the men make the decisions, and even that women are always dependent on the men. These are some of the normal female roles that most people hear of or know of.

Even young girls grow up differently based on gender roles. For example, “Best’s fieldwork study of teen girls, driving, and parental protectionism revealed that girls have earlier curfew times than boys and are not permitted to use the family car as often as boys are, outcomes which limit girls’ agency and individuality.” It is not just grown women when it comes to these roles in society. Young girls are treated so much differently than young boys. Girls have learned that this is normal as they grow up.

Also, in some parts of the world it is less likely for females to have a higher education than men. This is due to the fact that women are expected to take on the reproductive roles and caring for children and relatives. As stated, “Our aim is to analyze how perceptions of women's role in society can change with the emergence of female education. A role can be understood as the expected behavior of an individual, along with the individual's rights and obligations within a particular social setting. In this regard, women often have to deal with a role overload that comes with expectations, demands, and obligations-for example, their reproductive role, caring for relatives, and other work obligations.” There are so many roles that women are expected to play in their communities. They are even expected to give up their ability to a higher education because of this.

Having a better education for some women can cause a huge impact on their lives and even on how they are viewed in their societies. For instance, “the ability to gain income also allows women a certain independence from their family and husband, and gives them more confidence and decision-making power, even though their income is often lower than that of their male colleagues.” Even though there are a lot of cases where women get paid less than men in some societies, they do not care and only care that they have some sort of independence for themselves. This allows them to feel that their only role in life is to not care for their children and husbands.

In most societies there are the picture-perfect women that all the other females want to look like because that is what they believe is beautiful. There are so many different magazine companies and commercials that picture the perfect femininity. This is a big part of how gender roles are created and viewed. For example, “Although women are placed in higher roles and positions in advertisements now, stereotypical portrayal is still common. To reduce the differences created by gender stereotypes, it is necessary for advertisers to improve the status of women's role portrayal.” These advertisements create this myth thinking it will attract attention to what products they are selling when actually people overlook the product and focus more on the people pictured as femininity and then desire to be that.

There are so many different female roles in today's world. There are also so many different ways that these roles become known and followed. Women have tried their best over the years to become less of what is the perfect female. Slowly society is changing, and women are getting better educations and are not expected to raise the child alone, the fathers are now expected to help out as a parent. Women and men are now becoming more equal in the world but there will always be some sort of female roles that are expected of women over time.