Aaron Devor

their biological sex. Traits or behaviors typical to one gender are deemed socially unacceptable. Aaron H. Devor–previously Holly Devor, before his gender reassignment in 2002– professor of sociology and former Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, illustrates this in his essay, “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender.” In his essay, Devor explains how characteristics such as behavior or physical appearance (apart from one’s…

Author Aaron H. Devor argues in “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender” that the task to be appropriate members of society in North America requires disproportionate gender roles, resulting in the unjust and prejudicial treatment of one another. Based on this, the terms “masculinity” and “femininity” are used to declare the belonging and publication of a role, whether this be appointed to at birth or acquired through the human life span, these two categories are…

characterizes themselves. There are many differences in gender that are influencing the attitudes and behaviors of men and women, these differences typically result from our society. Two articles that explain these differences and show how they are created is Aaron Devor’s, “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the social meaning of Gender” in which he explains how differences in Gender result from language, upbringing, and attitudes and behavior that were taught in early childhood, and Jean…

weighed in on this discussion and in his article, “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender”, Aaron H. Devor discusses how he believes that society is what shapes what we believe about gender. What we are told about what makes us male or female, according to Devor, is what determines what gender we determine ourselves to be. Based on his research, Devor came to the conclusion that children “often believe that people may change their gender with a change in clothing…

the other female does not (Devor 506). From the given information, who is the hero and who is the villain? Does the interpretive audience get to choose or are the movie directors, who portrayed these girls differently, the final deciders? Often overlooked; both of these types of females have masculine tendencies; however, instead of being represented equally, one of the girls portrays a negative persona while the other girl is the lovable character. Dr. Aaron H. Devor,…

the other female does not (Devor 506). From the given information, who is the hero and who is the villain? Does the interpretive audience get to choose or are the movie directors, who portrayed these girls differently, the final deciders? Often overlooked; both of these types of females have masculine tendencies; however, instead of being represented equally, one of the girls is portrayed negatively while the other girl is portrayed as a lovable character. Dr. Aaron H. Devor, a renowned…

problem. In “Becoming Members of Society: Learning The Social Meanings of Gender,” Aaron Devor present evidence that show the traditional way of society’s views of women part in society which is “hence, it is popularly believed that the social position of females is biologically mandated to be intertwined with the care of children and a “natural” dependency on men for the maintenance of mother-child units,”(Devor 476). Some people believe that women should just stick to the traditional ways. In…

Devor, professor of sociology and Sean of Graduate studies at the University of Victoria in British Colombia, shows that “society demands different gender performances from us” and that conditioned to conform to the norms in society (387). “Many aspects of masculinity and femininity are a result of status inequalities” (391). Devor explains that many of the reasons why masculinity is defined by dominance and aggression…

The men and women of America constantly reference and utilize sexist stereotypes of modern day society. We cannot completely blame our current day society for this abundance of sexism. Many of these ridiculous notions are passed down generationally or simply learned from watching our parents or elders in the community. Children began to pick up on these gender identities set up by society at a young age. Feminine and masculine attributes are generally viewed as opposites. The majority of males…

that follow from it, as determined by the norms of one’s culture rather than by biology or genetics” (Signs of Life in the USA). Gender has become a social and cultural construct with certain classifications that help us make sense of the world (Aaron Devor, 504). However, society has created stereotypes of what is normal and what is not. This can be seen throughout most Walt Disney films where Disney impacts the youth of society the gender roles that they must portray. The storyline of Mulan…