I believe that gender roles were created by societies as a way of keeping order. Gender roles gave males and females a structured way to dress, behave ,and present themselves.   Gender roles in society means how we are expected to behave in accordance with the sex we were born to. In  every society there are pre-set gender expectations but, they can also vary from group to group. Gender roles can also change in a society over time, which is what we are witnessing more in recent years.

Men grow up with the belief that crying is a sign of weakness.  while adults will often say things to soothe a crying child, no one says soothing words when an adult male cries.  I too have fallen guilty of this.  I remember being utterly mortified when a guy I was attempting to break up with broke into tears in front of my building. I remember thinking “OMG this guy is a serial killer or something. ”  The bottom line is crying is a normal emotional response and shouldn’t be associated with weakness .  This also creates  very bad behavior in men know as ” toxic masculinity”.   It truly is a double standard.  For ages women have complained about a lack of male sensitivity and when a male finally does show us a quarter more emotion than were used to or deem “normal” we freak!! This does prove how these  strict gender roles that we all have grown accustomed to can be problem some.