Nurture Has a Lot to Do with Gender Roles We Play

According to the article "Bring on the Geekettes" by Susan Bourette, Maria Klawe was born in Toronto and got her B.Sc and Ph.D in mathematics at the University of Alberta. When Maria was dean of science at the University of British Columbia, she redesigned programs and increased the number of female students who study in computer science by 20 per cent (43 44). This example illustrates that gender roles are influenced by nurture. According to gender roles, men and women have different attitudes, behaviors, expectations, and responsibilities. …