Of course we are all influenced by society's gender constructs. We as a species have thousands of generations of males and females being forced, mainly by biological realities (childbearing being perhaps the biggest one, of course). Only in the last two or three generations have some of us begun to question or toss aside the old ways, and naturally there's some pushback, whether it's the people around us or our own inbred fears. The same can be seen wiith homosexuality, gay marriage, interracial marriage, women in the workplace, among others. We are constantly evolving in our relationships and attitudes while the old ways of thinking persist, hopefully to a diminishing degree.