Does gender affect a person's identity in social class?

In the past, gender used to play a very important role in terms of work or social life. women were given specific roles in society whereas men were given different roles. The distinguished work separations were what was unequal in society as it made women feel like the inferior gender and men as the superior. Women were always told to do minimal and "womenly" jobs and men were always the one's to do hardcore work even if the opposite sex wanted to go out in the world and earn. Gender is what made a clear distinction in society that women were a weaker sex and men a stronger one and if definitely affect their role in social class as it was difficult for women to get jobs outside of their homes and men easier to be employed as they would be considered good in field work. Although, in today's world it has comparatively changed for the better and has been changed on a huge scale, it is still a common topic that people have to go through in society. Gender is not a biological construct but a social one as we are not born with our gender but has been given to us by society. Therefore, if one is confused about their gender and has been forced upon them without their consent it will definitely affect that person's mental health and identity in social classes.

Integrating Gender and Social Class

We identified only two studies that investigate the interplay between gender and class on women’s self-other orientations, both qualitative interview studies. The first, exploring lower and middle class women’s life experiences, finds that middle class women report strong connections to and trust in family and friends, while the social and economic isolation accompanying poverty reduces lower class women’s access to supportive social ties and heightens necessary reliance on the self. The second finds that professional women who grew up in middle and upper class households tend to assign credit for their career success to their relationships with others, while their peers raised in lower class households are more likely to attribute their success to self-reliance. Reflecting realities of their respective employment and domestic realms, middle and upper class women may endorse feminine ideals [16] by focusing on their connections with others, while lower class women may be more likely to step outside the traditionally feminine other-orientation as they maneuver among constraints at work and at home.

Conclusion

Society has made it extremely evident that gender does affect a person's identity in social. It is such a must to abolish this notion and treat all gender equally as we are not born with a gender but we are given a gender as soon as we come into this world. though it used to happen on a much larger scale in the past, it is noticed that it is definitely still prevalent even today and changing this ideology may take a while but its noting like starting somewhere and making people aware of how much we have to unlearn a few concepts.