Editing Role theory (section)

=== Gender roles ===
Gender has played a crucial role in our societal norms and the distinction between how female and male roles are viewed in society. Specifically within the workplace, and in the home. Historically there was a division of roles created by society due to gender. Gender was a social difference between female and male; whereas sex was nature. Gender became a way to categorize men and women and divide them into their societal roles. Although gender is important there are many different ways that women are categorized in society. Other ways are racially and through class experience. While we have societal roles from gender, there will always be a separation between females and males.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Acker |first=Joan |date=September 1992 |title=From Sex Roles to Gendered Institutions |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2075528 |journal=Contemporary Sociology |volume=21 |issue=5 |pages=565–569 |doi=10.2307/2075528|jstor=2075528 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Throughout history, the roles of women and men have changed with time as it progresses. Men developed traits that suited them for providing such as hunting and labor. Women acquired traits centered around children and home life. As the industry grew, men used their strength to find power and as a result they proceeded to obtain the majority of jobs.

Through the distinct roles of male and female, women developed communal traits that were needed for caring and nurturing those around them. Males developed agentic traits that allowed for roles in leadership, hunting, and labor.

With the advancement of times, with jobs and the industry moving away from strength and labor, women have advanced their education for employment. The sex segregation between women and men has decreased as time has matured and evolved away from traditional gender roles in society.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Schneider |first1=Monica C. |last2=Bos |first2=Angela L. |date=February 2019 |title=The Application of Social Role Theory to the Study of Gender in Politics |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pops.12573 |journal=Political Psychology |language=en |volume=40 |issue=S1 |pages=173–213 |doi=10.1111/pops.12573 |issn=0162-895X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>