Gender DevelopmentGender DevelopmentDoctor D. G. Myers says ¨Man and Women are not from different planets- Mars and Venus- but from the same planet earth.” Said this, man and women are more alike than different. We have more commonalties than we think. For instance, we have faced similar adaptive challenges and share the same components by which we learn, see, feel, smell, etc. Even our genetic makeup is so similar, where 45 out 46 chromosomes are unisex. However, our gender differences play a big role when talking of social behavior and physiological distinction; in which, the different concentrations of sex hormones and sex chromosomes have highly influenced them. Tabitha Powledge (2011) adds, the influence of mom and dad transmitted to offspring through genes ‘could shape and adults behavior and even disease susceptibility, these factors are attributed to gene changes produced by epigenetic events such as genomic imprinting. Imprinting occurs during a critical period right after birth forming attachments in animals and in adults that is needed for proper development. But one defective gene can create fatal results. “Some 30 serious disorders are attributed to disrupted imprinting.” (Powledge, 2011)
Biology alone does not completely determine our gender characteristics; this goes hand in hand with the social influences that surround us and our learned experiences. For example, Myers (2010) points out that “culture shapes gender roles– expectations about how men and women should behave. [Of course, these models] vary from one place to another and from time to another within the same culture.” Added to this, two theories explain gender identity differently. Social learning theory suggests that people learn gender behavior as the natural process of learning other things. And gender schema theory suggests that we learn a formula of how to be and behave like either male or
Biology alone does not completely determine our gender characteristics; this goes hand in hand with the social influences that surround us and our learned experiences. For example, Myers (2010) points out that “culture shapes gender roles– expectations about how men and women should behave. Social learning theory suggests that people learn gender behavior as the natural process of learning other things.and social schema theory suggest that we learn a formula of how to be and behave like either male or
Biology alone does not completely determine our gender characteristics; this goes hand in hand with the social influences that surround us and our learned experiences. For example, Myers (2010) points out that social learning theory suggests that we learn a formula of how to be and behave like either male or http://fukonews.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/feminism-and-sexism/ (A) in this paper, we argue it is possible to express any of the behaviors found, but it is quite impossible to express something that is a social construct. If we want to express something, we must express it in terms of other objects, and, therefore, the social structure. As an example. Take a girl. We can give girls various behaviors. Some are social interactions, including:• Being and behaving like others. These may be social stimuli, a list of values, a form of social hierarchy, or a form of sexual relations in nature. “One male can choose a friend, another male can choose a roommate.” We know that the more “male” a girl is, the more likely she is to be “male-oriented.” Girls are social beings who play a game of catch-up, but girls play “the game.” In other words, they are involved in “being” with one another. For example, if you talk to a girl who is male, but you don’t ask her to be a gamer, her question will not be directed at you because it is a question of her masculinity. At any other point in her life, you might be asking her to choose her roommate because if she chooses you, you have to answer this question. It is very easy to “get a laugh” out of talking to a girl who is not a gamer.The most important social construct for boys to express is “being.” It is socially useful to express one’s gender as a unit of being. It is not so useful for girls to be men, because girls are not naturally curious about having a male. Instead, girls will be expressing their gender by being curious about being males, and thus, making a masculine self-presentation by showing off to men. This masculine self-presentation is more often desired on the