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Gender and Gender Roles (studying gender and gender roles (sex, gender and…
Gender and Gender Roles
studying gender and gender roles
sex, gender and gender roles: what's the difference?
we develop our gender through the interaction of its biological, cultural and psychosocial components
there are a variety of gender identities; cisgender, gender binary, or gender variant
even though gender variants are still stigmatized, they are
masculinity and femininity: opposites, similar or blended?
changes in gender role stereotypes and related expectations have been occurring over the past decades such that women have moved into the workforce and taken on occupations previously only ascribed to men
gender role stereotypes are an all-or-nothing notion
gender and sexual orientation
gender, gender role and gender identity are all conceptually independent of sexual orientation
the negative stereotype which hold that people fall into distinct genders with natural roles and presumed to be heterosexual is called heteronormativity
gender role learning
theories of socialization
theories influence how we approach sexuality, research, practice, education and policy
growing body of literature uses a social constructionist theory on gender, including queer theory
gender role learning in childhood and adolescence
parents as socializing agents
teachers as socializing agents
peers as socializing agents
media influences
gender schemas: exaggerating differences
differences between males and females are actually minimal except in anatomy, levels of aggressiveness, and visual/spatial skills but culture tend to create exaggeration of differences that doesn't actually exist
even though objects don't have genders we treat them as if they are masculine or feminine