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1. Gender is influenced by both biological and societal pressures
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What are some ways in which males and females tend to be alike and to differ?

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What are some ways in which males and females tend to be alike and to differ?

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Men and women have more similarities than differences, as they see, hear, learn, and remember in similar fashions. There are differences in body fat, muscle, height, age of the onset of puberty, and life expectancy; also vulnerability to certain disorders, in aggression, social power, and social connectedness.

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How do nature and nurture together form our gender?

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How do nature and nurture together form our gender?

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Biological sex is determined by sex chromosome (X and Y). The Y chromosome triggers more testosterone release and the development of male sex organs. Gender refers to how people perceive male and female characteristics, both biological and societal. As we grow, we also learn the gender roles of our society, which vary across place and time. Social learning theory suggests that we learn gender identity through observation, reinforcement, and punishment.

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the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and being rewarded or punished

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the process by which a child becomes aware of their gender and thus behaves accordingly by adopting values and attributes of members of the sex that they identify as their own

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Sense of being male or female.
Not all born males or females identify with that gender—some grow into an opposite identity.

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The expected behaviors that males and females typically identify with
It was typical for males to wear heels in the past, but now the gender role is more common of females.

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a set of expectations about those in a position, and how they should behave
Each societal role has a stereotype that is seen as a stigma if broken

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The most important male sex hormone. Both males and females have it, but the additional testosterone in males develops masculine characteristics.

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A chromosome that determines the sex of a fetus.
The Y chromosome is only found in males.

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Negative actions taken to emotionally or physically harm another.
Aggression towards animals is a crime in a majority of states.

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A chromosome that determines the sex of a fetus.
Females have two X chromosomes; males have one.