The expected behavior associated with being male.

• A. Global Culture
• B. Masculinity
• C. Hidden Curriculum
• D. Imitation

Answer: (B)

Masculinity describes the socially expected ways of acting, dressing, and presenting oneself as male. It’s not a biological trait but a cultural idea that shapes what behaviors, roles, and emotions are considered appropriate for men in a given society and time. People learn these expectations through socialization—from family, peers, schools, media, and other institutions—which teach things like how men should handle emotions, how assertive or independent they should be, and what kinds of roles they should take in work and family life. Because it’s culturally constructed, the exact expectations can vary across cultures and change over time, leading to different masculine ideals in different places.

The other concepts aren’t about the specific idea of gendered expectations. Global Culture refers to patterns shared across many societies, not the behavior expected of males. The Hidden Curriculum is about the unspoken lessons learned in schools. Imitation is a learning process, copying behaviors from others, rather than the label for the expected behavior itself.