ally associated with traits such as emotionality, cautiousness, collaboration, common sense, and fulfillment. Masculinity tends to be associated with traits such as reasonableness, effectiveness, opposition, independence and callousness. I find myself automatically living up to those traits. Trying to live up to those qualities and expectations are the reason i have been working since I was fifteen years old. In my culture, the male is dominant over the woman. We are expected to maintain a status higher than a woman in the home and in our jobs. Accordingly, women expect a lot from us. We must bring home a high figure salary and we must be able to support our family. At home since I am the only son still living with the family, i am expected to contribute to the house by giving my mother at least one hundred dollars a month. Gender comprises the heart of our self-conception and much of our actions and manners for the rest of our lives. They play a major role in all of our lives. ...
