Sex, Gender And Biology

SEX GENDER AND BIOLOGY
ARE BEHAVIOUR DIFFERENCES BIOLOGICALLY BASED?
Many people think that there are inbuilt differences of behavior between women and men which appears in all cultures, forinstance, in almost all cultures men rather than women go hunting and warfare and it shows that biologically men tend to be more aggressive than women. The level of aggressiveness of males varies vastbetween different cultures. Women are supposed to be more passive or gentle in some cultures than in others. In many cultures women spend big part of their lives bearing and nursing children.
THE EVIDENCEFROM ANIMALS
Some people have claimed that the male sex hormone, testosterone, is related with the male propensity to violence. A research has shown that if male monkeys are castrated at birth theybecome less aggressive and that female monkeys given testosterone will be more aggressive than normal females, however, it has also been found that aggressive behavior may affect the production of thehormone, rather than the hormone causing aggressiveness.
REACTIONS OF PARENTS AND ADULTS
Some studies have demonstrated how gender differences develop, studies of mother-infants interaction showdifferences in treatment of boy and girls even when parents believe their reactions to both are the same. In one experiment, five young mothers were observed in interaction with a six-month-old calledBerth. They smiled at her often and offered her dolls to play with. She was seemed as a “sweet” baby, on the other hand, the reaction of second group of mothers to a child of the same age, named Adam,was very different because the baby was offered a train or other “ male toys” to play with. Berth and Adams were the same child dressed with different clothes.

TELEVISION
Studies of mostfrequently watched cartoons show that almost all the leading figures are male, and similar images are found in commercials, it shows the importance of a male role in television.
SCHOOL AND PEER-GROUP...