Question

Michael is a stay-at-home father and feels pressure from society to watch football on tv, enjoy action movies, play basketball on the weekends, and bring home a bigger paycheck than his corporate executive wife. what is this societal pressure called?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Gender roles

Gender roles refers to the expected behaviour that the members of a certain gender  had to do within a society. In most civilization, the male's gender role usually revolved around having to be physically strong, less emotional, and had to become the primary earner within the family.