Your work also sheds light on why different gender roles are difficult for people to accept, due to the way they have been raised and the culture by which they are surrounded ( Devourer 8). With the belief that gender role behaviors are concrete, adolescents believe they must act according to their gender. The idea that teenagers should behave a certain way towards women is usually instilled in them at a young age. According to Devor, “Femininity must express itself through modes of… action that communicate weakness, dependence, ineffectiveness, availability for sexual or emotional service, and sensitivity to the needs of others” (Devor 6-7). In other words, men have to put women on a lower pedestal because of women's so-called “needs” (Devor 6). The “needs” that women express are feminine characteristics. The characteristics of the females listed by Devor show no signs of power or dominance. Since society believes that gender is a patriarchy, women have no influence and need attention. This shows that men adapt their actions towards women, as they believe that women need special attention. Also, if a male has something non-masculine,