Competitve+Qualities

"Gender roles are our set of expectations about appropriate activities for boys and girls" (Holland 256)

Why do we expect males and females to compete differently? Do they compete differently? So, in a gym class, would you try to encourage those with more androgynous tendencies or those who have trouble adjusting? Most of the time, it's needed more to encourage the girls (or those with more feminine traits) to work hard in gym because they don't have the same traits as guys generally do. Don't think that you should now completely ignore the boys now, though, but give the girls that extra push, a lot of them need it.
 * Football is a game mainly played by men, it is therefore considered a masculine sport.
 * Personality traits like dominance and aggressiveness are considered masculine characteristics
 * Men in general tend to have more scientific, logical, competitive, sensible, vulgar, wise, mechanical, and brave characteristics (based on a study of 200 psychology majors)
 * Women tend to be more romantic, domestic, affectionate, emotional, sensitive, sincere, intuitive, and delicate (based on the previous study).
 * On the whole, feminine traits were agreed to more often than masculine traits (although 90% of the females said they were sensitive, nearly 75% of the males said they were too)
 * “A person can have both masculine and feminine traits”
 * Androgynous individuals (those having both masculine and feminine traits) have a broader range of options and can more easily adapt to different situations.

Works Cited Holland, Morris K. // Psychology: an Introduction to Human Behavior //. Lexington, MA: Heath, 1978. Print.