Shakespeare's Messages About Gender

In many of Shakespeare's plays, he expresses very interesting ideas about the roles the different genders hold in society, and more specifically in romantic settings.  Shakespeare's messages about gender roles through his play Twelfth Night  are still very necessary for society to consider today because there is still a constant battle for power among genders in the world today.
One big concept that Shakespeare focuses on in his play Twelfth Night, connecting genders and love/relationships is who holds the dominant power in the relationship.  When talking to Cesario about his romantic feelings for Olivia, he says "There is no woman's sides/Can bide the beating of so strong a passion/As doth give my heart; no woman's heart/So big, to hold so much" (II.iv.103-106).  In this quote, Orsino is projecting his idea that females just aren't able to love or express their love as predominantly as men, and as a result are simply weak.  On the opposing side of Orsino's argument, Viola, as Cesario says "We men say more, swear more, but indeed/Our shows are more than will; for still we prove/Much in our vows but little in our love" (II.iv.128-130).  This quote gives an interesting perspective on the topic at hand because she is standing up for females, while being seen as a guy by the world, solidifying the importance of her argument that although men are determined in the proclamation of their love, all it truly is is a proclamation and nothing more.    
These arguments are very important today because in society, males and females are seen through very stereotypical eyes that males are the dominant ones in relationships.  In one example from class today, "Happily Ever After: Perpetuating Stereotypical Gender Ideals" we see that even from very young ages, children are being taught how relationships should be, forcing them into the mold right from the get go.  Also, in "Shakespeare Gender Swap!" is is being exemplified how strongly the female and male stereotypes are held true in society, because even people who are on the "gender movement" still bash on women for doing the same actions that men are praised for.  The lessons about gender identity that Shakespeare is portraying in his plays are very important to society today.