Gender Identity: Cultural Influences On Gender Roles
Gender Identity
Kenneth Williams
Psy 340
4/1/2013
Raymond Bragg
Sex may be biological and although we may be born male or female, culturally that is not only what defines our gender roles, agree or disagree, there are many cultural influences that affect today’s gender roles. We are at a point culturally were traditional definitions are often a moot point, in my home and the homes of my children traditional roles are followed, but in many homes today that is not the case, cultural influences have often taken over for traditional values what may have been the standard once is no longer.
Include the roles of biological factors, nature and environmental influences, nurture on sexual differentiation and gender identity.
Nature is responsible for the growth of a person from the sperm and egg level until the natural development into a normal adult. The genetic makeup of a human being is responsible for their sex, skin color, color of their eyes and hair as well as distinguishing features which are inherited from their parents. Nature can only assist in the growth of a fetus into a normal well-developed adult who may have inherited some special talents. Thus it can …show more content…
”Research has concluded beyond doubt that early human development is quicker and more focused due to nurture as it builds up on the talents provided by nature. Nature may be responsible for the normal development of the fetus into a normal and healthy infant, but it cannot entirely develop that fetus into an intelligent, knowledgeable or athletic adult.” (Collins 2000) This is possible only through the exposure and influence that nurture gives a person. Therefore, it would be a true statement to say that nature has some degree of influence, nurture also strongly influences early and further human
Kenneth Williams
Psy 340
4/1/2013
Raymond Bragg
Sex may be biological and although we may be born male or female, culturally that is not only what defines our gender roles, agree or disagree, there are many cultural influences that affect today’s gender roles. We are at a point culturally were traditional definitions are often a moot point, in my home and the homes of my children traditional roles are followed, but in many homes today that is not the case, cultural influences have often taken over for traditional values what may have been the standard once is no longer.
Include the roles of biological factors, nature and environmental influences, nurture on sexual differentiation and gender identity.
Nature is responsible for the growth of a person from the sperm and egg level until the natural development into a normal adult. The genetic makeup of a human being is responsible for their sex, skin color, color of their eyes and hair as well as distinguishing features which are inherited from their parents. Nature can only assist in the growth of a fetus into a normal well-developed adult who may have inherited some special talents. Thus it can …show more content…
”Research has concluded beyond doubt that early human development is quicker and more focused due to nurture as it builds up on the talents provided by nature. Nature may be responsible for the normal development of the fetus into a normal and healthy infant, but it cannot entirely develop that fetus into an intelligent, knowledgeable or athletic adult.” (Collins 2000) This is possible only through the exposure and influence that nurture gives a person. Therefore, it would be a true statement to say that nature has some degree of influence, nurture also strongly influences early and further human