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sex v. gender
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- sex= biological differences- female v. male
- gender= social psychological differences. Acting masculine or feminine |
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biological explanations for acting male or female:
china, freud, hormones/ Rossi |
- ancient chinese: ying (feminine) v. yang (masculine)
- freud- "anatomy is destiny"- there is only 1 sex- MALE. 2 different kinds of males: "complete males" or "incomplete males" - "hard scientific data": hormonal research- male hormones= masculine behaviors v. female hormones= feminine behaviors -- Alice Rossi (sociologist)- women are much more involved in parenting because of their hormones - genetics, brain chemistry, neuroanatomy |
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sociocultural explanations for acting male or female
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- gender is a learned behavior
1) cross-cultural studies - Mead: found differences in behavior in tribes ex) PMS is no problem to tribes - Lakota Sioux: NA tribe has 4 genders: men, women, men w/ female characteristics, women with male characteristics 2) primate studies- learned behaviors are crucial - Harlow raised Rhesus monkeys in isolation- when they grew up they didnt know how to have sex> SEX IS NOT INSTINCTUAL- so cant be innate among humans 3) its (too?) easy to give biological explanations for human behavior |
