Question

A math teacher writes story problems that have male characters that are always given an occupation like Bob the janitor or James the lawyer, but the female characters have no occupation. This is an example of the_________.

Answer 1

It's an example of socializing children into gender roles

Explanation:

The society do not expect the same attitudes, characters, behaviors and occupation from boys and girls.

Gender socialization is the situation where boys and girls to be socialized differently based on their respective genders.

Boys are raised to conform to the male gender role, and girls are raised to conform to the female gender or role.