I also believe that a functionalist would compare gender roles to an idea like the division of labor and how a woman staying at home cleaning while a man goes out and works are complementary roles and that these roles contribute to society as a whole.c. The foundation of Functionalism is built on food, shelter, clothing and money. That, as stated before, functionalists believe that gender roles serve to maintain social order because they stabilize these four foundations.d. Some obvious functions of gender roles are to maintain fine lines within jobs and duties, which brings up the idea of ​​the glass escalator, glass ceiling, and pink-collar ghettos. Some latent functions are extreme inequalities which include sexism and stereotypes. Once on a TV show I saw a man tell his daughter “you have to work five times harder than a man to earn half the credit.”B. Secondly I will analyze this from a conflict perspective. Conflict theorists argue that gender is merely an attempt by men to maintain power and privilege. So, under this idea, men are considered the primary or dominant group, which makes women the secondary or subordinate group. Of course it is natural for people in power to try to maintain their power and