Question

(SLO 7) What are the differences among a person's gender, gender identity, gender roles, and gender typing? How do biology, environment, and culture play a factor in this development? 12pt v Paragraph v

Answer 1

Gender: A person's gender is the set of traits or features that differentiates them on the basis of masculinity or feminity.These differentiating features are categorized on biological basis primarily.

Gender identity: Gender identity is the awareness of one's own gender type.This identity is generally related from the birth , but however, can change based on that individual's self interest.

Gender roles:This is based on the social contexts of gender.The roles and responsibilities that are assigned on how the behaviors and attitudes are exhibited by male/ female in the society defines gender roles.These set norms fall under the 'appropriate' category otherwise, anything that deviates from the appropriate gender traits is not considered acceptable.

Gender typing:This is the process where a child is aware of the characteristics that he/she has to follow as they belong to a specific gender.The roles are already specified in the society and the children are supposed to follow the similar path by adopting attributes from them.

• Biology,environment and culture plays a vital role in this development: The biology defines the category of gender in which the child is born.This is the primary differentiating factor.Then the child stays in the environment, such as family ;school,where he/she grows up learning the societal norms and rituals.The so called 'appropriate' and 'acceptable' traits are permissible and learnt during childhood.The culture shapes the society.In whatever pace the society grows, culture is the most relational aspect to consider.Thus Biology, environment and culture are crucial for development.
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