Gender Development: Nature Vs Culture

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Gender Studies

Introduction:

Gender Development means the evolution and blooming of a gender in society. Both nature and nurture have an important role in this regard. To know what is the role of nature and nurture in prevailing gender classification in society we have to analyze each one of them separately.

Role Of Nature in Gender Development

The role of nature in gender development can be understood from the following facts.

Hereditary Differences: Both male and female possesses a number of hereditary differences, some of which are present at the time of birth while others appear upon reaching the age of puberty. For example heredity causes girls to reach puberty earlier than boys. Likewise boys have slightly higher visual-spatial abilities than girls and girls have slightly higher verbal abilities than boys.

Role Of Hormones: Hormones have also a major role in this regard. They give gender specific characteristics to a person. For example hormone causes boys to have strong muscles composition, taller height and strong voice than girls.

Genetics Influence: Genetics too have an important influence over the personality creation and sex of a person. For example genetics design the physical outlook of a person as well as his/her sex.

Role Of Nurture in Gender Development

The role of nurture in gender development can be understood from the following facts.

Social Influence: Though sex of a person is shaped by genetics but it is society that decided the gender of person and his/her role in the society. In society children are taught explicitly and implicitly how to be real men and women.

 

Gender Specific Behavior: Gender is also developed and promoted by society by assigning gender specific role to a person. Similarly society also helped in promoting specific behavior in a person based on culture and traditions.

 

Gender Stereotyping: Gender stereotyping too has a major role in gender development. It begins even before a baby is born. Gender stereotyping sometimes make it difficult to decide which behavior is biological and which is nurtured through social beliefs about gender.

Conclusion

 

From the above discussion we conclude that both nature and nurture decides how a person should look like and how he/she should behave. Both nature and nurture designs the way we act, think, dress and even look.

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