Role theory

social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their actual or perceived sex or sexuality

A role (also rôle or social role) is a set of connected behaviors, rights, obligations, beliefs, and norms as conceptualized by people in a social situation. It is an expected or free or continuously changing behavior and may have a given individual social status or social position. It is vital to both functionalist and interactionist understandings of society. Social role theory posits the following about social behavior:

behavior among two or more organisms, typically from the same species

concept in sociology that considers most of everyday activity to be acting-out socially defined categories

lack of compatibility between different expectations from a job or position

anxiety among males who feel they do not meet cultural standards of masculinity

paradigm of family centered on a breadwinner

social-psychological concept