Sexual identity is a straightforward, largely biological, process but gender identity is quite different. Gender identity refers to child adoption of either a typically masculin or typically feminine sex role. Although there are broad similarities in sex roles across many different societies it does not mean that there are biologically determined, As we see adults in general and parents in particular do in fact treat girls and boys quite different though this done unconsciously.
There are 2 approaches of the formation of gender identity. First psychoanalytical approach and the second social learning approach.
Sigmund Freud was a psychoanalytical who attempted to discover the unconscious motives that govern our behaviour. He believed our conscious …show more content…
Ego developed.Child can be fixated which can lead to emotional problem later.
3.Phallic stage (3 to 6years)
Freud decided kids begin to notice difference males and females and usually direct their sexual impulses towards parent of the opposite sex. Freud also call this process of desire for opposite ex parent leading ultimately to identification with same sex parent the Oedipus Complex. And Electra complex for girls.
4 Latency stage and genital stage
Latency stage follows next when kids become less concerned with their bodies and turn attention to skills needed for coping with environment.
5. Genital stage is final development take place during adolescence which they turned their sexual interests towards others and love in more mature way.
Gender comes from the Latin word genus, meaning kind or race. It is defined by one's own identification as male, female, or intersex; gender may also be based on legal status, social interactions, public persona, personal experiences, and psychologic setting.
Sex, from the Latin word sexus, is defined by the gonads, or potential gonads, either phenotypically or genotypically. It is generally assigned at birth by external genital appearance, due to the
There are 2 approaches of the formation of gender identity. First psychoanalytical approach and the second social learning approach.
Sigmund Freud was a psychoanalytical who attempted to discover the unconscious motives that govern our behaviour. He believed our conscious …show more content…
Ego developed.Child can be fixated which can lead to emotional problem later.
3.Phallic stage (3 to 6years)
Freud decided kids begin to notice difference males and females and usually direct their sexual impulses towards parent of the opposite sex. Freud also call this process of desire for opposite ex parent leading ultimately to identification with same sex parent the Oedipus Complex. And Electra complex for girls.
4 Latency stage and genital stage
Latency stage follows next when kids become less concerned with their bodies and turn attention to skills needed for coping with environment.
5. Genital stage is final development take place during adolescence which they turned their sexual interests towards others and love in more mature way.
Gender comes from the Latin word genus, meaning kind or race. It is defined by one's own identification as male, female, or intersex; gender may also be based on legal status, social interactions, public persona, personal experiences, and psychologic setting.
Sex, from the Latin word sexus, is defined by the gonads, or potential gonads, either phenotypically or genotypically. It is generally assigned at birth by external genital appearance, due to the