How Gender Roles in Media Affect the Way We View Our Own Relationships

The double standard in power dynamics only enforces sexist beliefs where the woman must never be stronger than the man.

Gender roles are a range of behaviors and expectations associated with the man or woman, such as the assumption that the woman will take care of the children while her husband works, or that a woman is meant to be kind and gentle, whereas their counterpart is desired to be assertive and wealthy.