How have gender roles changed since your grandparents were your age?
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I don't think this is necessarily true.\n\nMy grandparents were born in 1889 & 1890, and passed away in 1965 and 1969.  They worked hard all their lives, raising a family during the depression.  They lived on a farm, and there was plenty for both of them to do.  \n\nThey were both college educated, but moved to the farm and took care of her parents and raised their children there.  Neither of them was a slave to the other.  \n\nThe gender roles were divided by strength mostly, with the men doing the outside work and women doing the inside work.  My husband and I are very much the same as my grandparents.\n\nI♥♫→mia☼☺†
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Why does you grandmother need to know your sexual orientation anyway.\n\nIf you meet her with a male ‘f*ck buddy’, are you going to tell her that you just have sex for mutual benefit – I would hope not, my grand mother would have a heart attack.
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When I was very young I awoke on Christmas Eve to find a unfamiliar woman standing over me. We were expecting relatives for the Holidays so thought nothing of it until the next day when she was not amongst the guest. When I inquired about her and described her to my parents, I discovered that I had described my Great-Grandmother and the dress she was buried in 30 years before I was born.
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I don't think anything much, really. Your love is the best thing you can give them. Just make sure that you make them feel accepted; sometimes, older people are afraid that younger people consider them as inferior and therefore tend to take everything more personally. So treat them like the normal people they are. Remember that they were once babies, once kids, once teenagers, once young adults... So don't try being all "what can I do for you? Don't do that, you'll hurt yourself" and stuff like many people tend to do. I know that comes from a good intention, but the truth is, a lot of times, grandparents don't want that from their grandchildren. Sometimes, they just want to be treated as friends, to feel young again... And yes there is a grandparent day. It's september 11, I think.
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I think the boundaries are much more blurred these days. Both men and women are generally much freeer to take up the roles, style, etc that they want to rather than being defined by their gender.\n\nYou have the right approach, to treat people on their merits, but there are still some cultures and institutions where gender bias exists. Women still get paid less on average than their male equivalents. Society as a whole still sees childcare as a more female than male role; so some employers see women as less reliable employees because of that, while some male employees find it harder to get support from their employers for their role as parents.\n\nThere are ways in which men and women do tend to differ, although it's not true of every individual man or woman. Women tend to have better verbal skills and be more empathetic. That's not better or worse than men, but it can make women more naturally suited for the jobs of the 21st century when communication is more important than physical strength. \n\nUnfortunately I think we still judge women more harshly than men on things like appearance and behaviour. There still seems to be an attitude that it is a woman's wider duty to those around her to look attractive & please other people, which does not apply as much to men.
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Didn't become that way overnight. Slowly we became bigger, faster, more mobile....our grandparents, their grandparents were different. Big cities, fast pace, fast food, life became a fight. Fight for the better job, the bigger salary, the nicest car, the fanciest house. Toes get stepped on to get to the top, people become less sensitive to the feelings of others. Our kids see it, their kids will probably see it more... off my soapbox, done now. Have a wonderful day, good question by the way.
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I don't think that it really matters per say on gender. But on the way we perceive things differently. The gender can effect the way that we react to things differently.
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to grandparents \nluckly my mum told me all she could bout my dad \nbut my nan see him when i was 15 and gave him my mums number so we all get on now \nif not family try places on the internet freinds reunited he may have signed up
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If I had known how great being a grandparent was, I would have had the grandkids first, lol. I LOVE being "Grandpa!" It is the BEST!!
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I see you haven't gotten any answers on this.  I am not totally sure what you are asking, but I think it might be a good question.  \n\nYou need to define social role.\n\nAre you referring to social values?  Like it used to be rude to wear your hat at the dinner table and now everyone does it, or that once upon a time people opened the door for a lady or held the door for an older person?\n\nOr are you talking more about the moral influences on society that differ by generation?\n\nThe only thing I can get from "social roles" would be maybe referring to stereotypes.  By age to you mean our view of the characteristics of a certain "social role" or do you mean that people of different ages play different social roles?\n\nYou can make this a cool question if you can explain yourself a little better.
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My dad ran off when I was young, and my mom became severly ill, so neither of them raised us kids.   My grandparents did.  My grandmother was the brains, and grandfather was the brawn.  I dont think either of them was the boss,  although they both tried to be.  They used to fight like cats and dogs, and it got vicious.  My grandfather was a big and muscular man,  and could have beat grandma to a pulp,  but he didnt.  He would hold her off when she went at him, and that took a lot of skill alone.  She could really scrap.
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Actually that has changed and if it has not changed for you then that is because you are being manipulated by a double standard invented by men who were ignorant,and women who were frigid and unwilling to enjoy s*x.\n\nLeave the outdated double standards where they belong...in the past.\n\nUs women can do what we wish s*xually just as the guys can. :)
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What a question!\n\nSociety must really have changed for the worse.  When I was young, my parents would never have worried about us being out.  Being out of the house was a good thing.  It meant we were being active, not sitting in front of the tv getting fat and lazy.\n\nCrime was negligible.  We would always be riding our bikes, swimming, playing at friends' houses, or practicing some sport.\n\nI swear to god, I'm gonna move to Europe.
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1 - Start having better communication with your parents... guardians... grandparents... whoever...\n2 - Internet... library... DOCTOR! all of these are good sources for information.\n3 - Don't compare yourself to anyone else... you are you... not them.
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My loving caring husband inspires me to give thanks each and every day.   My 88 yr old grandmother inspires me too.  She and my grandfather are the one that have left the biggest impression on me growing up.   Thanks to them I am the way I am today.   \n\nI thank the Lord that I am alive to see my children grow up and enjoy being a grandparent.  I can only pray that I am blessed to see my grandchildren grow up.
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Old granny just cannot understand. I guess it is the generation gap? Naw,
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Gender traits, are they  learned or are they hereditary?