Survey and Essay IV

I finally figured out an appropriate set of survey questions for my topic, and I have had a ton of responses. So far, the responses are rather varied. However, it appears that most people do not see the difference between sex and gender, but they are aware that gender roles do exist in society. I asked people to identify themselves as either masculine, feminine or both, and then required that they give an explanation for their choice. Nearly every person justified their response with a stereotypical quality/behavior of their gender.

For my essay, I will discuss the different gender roles that exist in today's society and how these roles are developed. I will also use my survey results to discuss people's awareness of these roles.



Link to my survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FVQGBQB

Survey Results... Sort of.

My topic is a little tricky to come up with survey questions for. I am writing about the gender schema theory, which basically discusses how children develop into their gender roles and what influences them. Originally, I thought that I could survey kids to get an idea of how they were developing. However, I learned that I would need to get special permission to do that, and I don't think I have the time to go through all of that. Unfortunately, now I am stuck with the dilemma of figuring out potential survey questions that relate to my topic. It was suggested that I focus more on people's awareness of how these roles develop. I've been struggling to come up with questions that relate to that, so I do not actually have any results to post about now, though they are coming soon....