In what ways might gender affect the distribution of social customs in community?

Gender and culture is an interesting topic. According to the social theories of Peter Berger (broadly speaking, since he does not address this topic directly), people create reality. In other words, all societies are socially constructed, which includes gender roles. So, we can say that people's view on gender are imprinted on culture. This is why if you go from one place to another place, gender ideas will be different. The answer for this is that people construct society and gender.

Now the irony is this. Even though people construct society, society now exerts pressure on people to conform. This is a paradoxical dialectic. We make something that in turn shapes us. So, I would say that we create gender roles and norms and it directly affect society, but we need to be mindful that these norms also affect us.

Finally, when people move from one location to another, the clash in social expectations are interesting to say the least.