. As a result, women may be more attentive than mento shifts in workplace and domestic roles, and more acceptingof these roles as the new status quo. They consequently may bemore amenable to incorporating updated gender roles into theirunderstanding of the world, diminishing stereotypic beliefs.Unlike women, who may be likely to embrace recent societalchanges, men may be prone to reject or dismiss them. The samesocietal changes that present new opportunities for women canpresent threats to men, who may see themselves as losing theirrightful place in the social order (
Masculinity has been used as the synonym of agency. Men for thousands of years have been the dominate beings of humanity across many cultures. Conservative views preserve these traditional roles of men are the powerful leaders with strength and wits, while women were viewed as less capable and more suited for nurturing roles. It is why the United States has yet to have a female president, many believe a women would send the U.S.A. into destruction, showing that these gender stereotypes still play a foul role in running a society. When women start to show their capability in being able to hold agentic positions in the work field, it goes against the tradition of what men and women are, which is evolutionary, but scary for men who believe society will fall apart due to the disruption of social order.