He believed that differences in male and female anatomy account for the development of distinct masculine and feminine gender roles. Furthermore, Socio-biologists and evolutionary psychologists have offered an essentialist theory. They also point of view gender differences in behavior are based in biological differences between women and men (Brym and Jhon, 2005: 290). However, sociologists have lodged four main criticisms against essentialist arguments such as those of Freud and the socio-biologists and evolutionary psychologists. 1. Essentialists ignore the historical and cultural variability of gender and Sexuality. 2. Essentialist tends to generalize from the average, ignoring variations within gender groups 3. No evidence directly supports
