Both males and females have influences that help decide how they think, dress, speak, and act within the setting of society. Cultural and personal gender roles have a great influence on the way people live. Learning plays a role in this process of gender role formation. Peers, parents, movies, teachers, television, books, and movies could all teach and reinforce gender roles throughout life. Gender roles contribute to both the past and the present. However, gender roles were a bigger issue in the past. Men were considered superior to women. More specifically, I would like to focus on gender roles that convey male dominance. The superior roles of men are prominent in many literary works I am associated with, such as The Color Purple by Alice Walker. In The Color Purple by Alice Walker, gender roles are one of the most interesting concepts. One way to visualize discriminatory gender roles is through the character of Mr. ______, also known as Albert. Albert married Celie when he was younger, solely because he had the ability to take care of the children and Kee...