Its healthy aim is intercourse with a life partner. General Roles General role behaviour is to a great extent established during childhood. Boys and girls tend to follow the behaviour patterns demonstrated by their parents. They learn from them such things as how to relate to members of the opposite sex and what types of work and emotions are appropriate to members of each sex. In conservative Asian societies, the roles for each sex are clearly determined.
Men are the main income earners and decision-makers.
So, boys are encouraged to be outgoing, self-reliant and dominating. Women are expected to keep house, care for children and be submissive. Even when women in many strata of society have become wage earners, girls are given a sheltered childhood, and expected to learn domestic chores and be submissive. All rights reserved.