FAD2230 Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I 2012 s II Definition of family III Types of families IV Functions of a family Outline of Current Lecture I key terms II Gender roles III Hereditary vs environment IV Theories of gender socialization Current Lecture Key Terms Sex biological characteristics male and female anatomy determined at birth Gender culturally defined attitudes and behaviors associated with and expected of the two sexes What it means to be masculine or feminine Gender role expectations about appropriate masculine and feminine attitude we and behaviors defined by society does not necessarily correspond with one s sex EX single parents Socialization the process by which society influences members to internalize attitudes beliefs values and expectations Ex Baby boy blue Gender identity the extent an individual sees him and herself as feminine or masculine based on society s definition of appropriate gender roles Gender Roles Agentic instrumental role traditionally masculine characters Communal expressive roles traditionally female characteristics Androgyny an in between role have both traditionally masculine and traditionally feminine characteristics Nature vs Nurture Hereditary vs Environment These are the debates concerning how gender roles are acquired Do we learn them Nurture environment Are we born learning our roles Nature hereditary Theories of gender socialization Various ideas about how we got to know what gender we are and gender behaviors we express They are mostly based on early childhood developmental perspectives Bandura 1977 Children learn gender roles from parents siblings who serves as models for masculine and feminine behaviors children imitate models and are rewarded for sex appropriate behavior
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