PSYC 2120 Lecture 48: The Significance in Understanding how the family shapes Gender Roles
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The significance in understanding how the family shapes gender roles : Research indicates that the social construction of gender is real, and that it has striking implications for how gender roles are formed. While the social context of gender is important, that does not dismiss the ways that biological factors can also shape gender roles. Both social contexts and biology should go hand-in-hand in order to better understand the formation of gender roles. The role of biology will ultimately determine the social reality for a person. This is because people have come to associate biological traits with certain behaviors and create specific roles based on them. Alongside with biological factors, it is still important to recognize how the family can shape their children"s behavior as well as the gender roles they choose to adopt. Looking back to how parents shape their children"s behavior, it is essential to analyze methods of conditioning.
