It all depends on what part of advertising/ marketing you want to work in. To work in the creative side (design of ads, slogans etc.) you don't neccesarily need a degree, so long as you can show your ability in an interview. The hours in this line of work do vary and from time to time you will need to work over-time.
Gender roles are socially acceptable and expected rules of behavior for men and women. When people think of gender roles, they often consider traditional roles that dominated the early and mid-20th century in the United States. In these roles, men were the breadwinners of the family, and the women took care of the house and children. These rules of behavior were taught from one generation to another.
Gender Development. Gender refers to an individual's anatomical sex, or sexual assignment, and the cultural and social aspects of being male or female. An individual's personal sense of maleness or femaleness is his or her gender identity. Outward expression of gender identity, according to cultural and social expectations, is a gender role. Either gender may live out a gender role (a man or a woman, for instance, can be a homemaker) but not a sex role, which is anatomically limited to one gender (only a woman can gestate and give birth).