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Answer These Questions a. Please pick a gender norm in our society and describe it. b. What social expectations does this norm impose? c. Describe which agents of socialization communicated these gendered norms and expectations to you. Be sure to explain and describe through detail and examples the kind of messages (spoken and/or unspoken) that these agents of socialization passed on to you. d. Examine how these social norms and expectations about gender shape your own behavior and feelings about yourself (identity). Do you conform or deviate from these social norms and social expectations? Please explain how and why by using detail and examples. b. USING: Women are often assumed to be better as teachers and nurses, while men are presumed to be naturally better as engineers and pilots. Moreover, men are generally better paid than women which in sociology is called the "gender pay gap". Can we open with this quote from section 12.2 "It should be noted that discrimination based on sex occurs at both the micro- and macro-levels. Many sociologists focus on discrimination that is built into the social structure; this type of discrimination is known as institutional discrimination." Inequality. Need Assignment Help?