The National Center for Biotechnology Information or NCBI has a viewpoint more in line with Rousseau that there are fundamental biological differences, but they follow the APA in that they are not to be used against an individual in the way Rousseau proposes to justify such a disparate separation.
[I]ssues of nature and nurture…surround biological versus socialization approaches to understanding gender development. Biological arguments have long been advanced to justify gender inequality and are often interpreted as deterministic…[T]here is much at stake when biological theories are proposed and research findings are interpreted…Current biological approaches do not imply determinism and instead emphasize the ways in which biological and social …show more content…
At the end of the reading Rousseau writes about the perfect woman named Sophie at age fifteen. There are many points he makes about her character that are quite patronizing. For instance: "Her mind is less accurate than penetrating…intellect is agreeable without being brilliant; thoughtful without being deep" (Rousseau, 1993). Rousseau lived in the eighteenth century and since his time there has been a reform in our thinking because of the accomplishments of feminism on women 's rights. Rousseau 's views may be passé, but his main arguments are not. It is still confusing and contradictory today when we discuss what is and isn 't based on sex or nature and just how different or similar men and women really are. It is easy with hindsight to see that Rousseau was wrong on his view of women and men, there are many women today and in the past who have made many works of genius and it is axiomatic in our era for women to be educated in abstract reasoning outside of the "practical" subjects without it being too tumultuous for their brains. But it still raises the question of how much of it are we right on. Rousseau says that "[t]he distinguishing marks of the sex ought to be respected as nature 's ornament" (Rousseau, 1993). This quote could be interpreted today quite differently in the form of gender expression, not just through emotions and traits, but also clothes and identity. It would be interesting to see we are doing in our present that in the future will be perceived differently on sex and
[I]ssues of nature and nurture…surround biological versus socialization approaches to understanding gender development. Biological arguments have long been advanced to justify gender inequality and are often interpreted as deterministic…[T]here is much at stake when biological theories are proposed and research findings are interpreted…Current biological approaches do not imply determinism and instead emphasize the ways in which biological and social …show more content…
At the end of the reading Rousseau writes about the perfect woman named Sophie at age fifteen. There are many points he makes about her character that are quite patronizing. For instance: "Her mind is less accurate than penetrating…intellect is agreeable without being brilliant; thoughtful without being deep" (Rousseau, 1993). Rousseau lived in the eighteenth century and since his time there has been a reform in our thinking because of the accomplishments of feminism on women 's rights. Rousseau 's views may be passé, but his main arguments are not. It is still confusing and contradictory today when we discuss what is and isn 't based on sex or nature and just how different or similar men and women really are. It is easy with hindsight to see that Rousseau was wrong on his view of women and men, there are many women today and in the past who have made many works of genius and it is axiomatic in our era for women to be educated in abstract reasoning outside of the "practical" subjects without it being too tumultuous for their brains. But it still raises the question of how much of it are we right on. Rousseau says that "[t]he distinguishing marks of the sex ought to be respected as nature 's ornament" (Rousseau, 1993). This quote could be interpreted today quite differently in the form of gender expression, not just through emotions and traits, but also clothes and identity. It would be interesting to see we are doing in our present that in the future will be perceived differently on sex and