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Definitions:
A. sex B. gender identity C. gender role
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B. Cultural Evidence We learn to masculine and feminine traits based on our culture/environmental influences
1. Research Mead Study 3 New Guinea Tribes Raised in Separate Environments:
a) Arapesh men and women displayed feminine traits, both males and females trained to be cooperative, unaggressive and responsive to others Mundugumor men and women developed masculine traits, they were ruthless and aggressive, not maternal Tchambuli roles were reversed, women became dominant and impersonal, men less responsible and more dependent
b) c)
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IV.
V.
Androgyny
A. Today there is a gradual mixing of male and female characteristic, people choose behaviors in response to the situation B. Some indication this may be psychologically healthier C. Some arguments against this D. See Bem and Spence questionnaire
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