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Genders Every society places its members into a series of categories which determine how members will be defined and treated. In our society the female gender is looked upon differently then the male gender. More value is placed on males then females. In most cultures, what is thought of as manly is more highly valued than what is thought of as womanly. The article I chose for my essay deals with a study that was conducted and showed that female teenagers are more prone to chronic health problems than males. This essay will discuss gender roles and how females are expected to behave a certain way which therefore makes them seem like the “weaker sex”. The article I chose was found in the Hamilton Spectator titled, Teen girls see themselves as sicker then boys:study. This study showed that teenage girls see themselves as less healthy both physically and mentally. The difference grows as they get older. At ages twelve to fourteen about three quarters of both boys and girls reported very good or excellent health. By the ages of fifteen to seventeen it dropped two thirds for girls while it stayed the same for boys according to a survey of 13,000 teenagers. Twenty