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Does biology or society have a stronger influence on the development of our gender identity?

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by D-Source

Created on: August 10, 2009

Rather it be some form of Intelligent Design, God's Design or a Random Occurrence of Nature, it is obvious that there is a sense of perfection in one aspect of our species that few can deny. That is Gender. Both Males and Females are fortunately or blessed or intelligently equipped with specific tools and equipment that no one can deny are unique to their particular gender and suit a particular purpose. They are also important to the survival and progression of each gender.

Men are equipped with a body that is more suitable for the physical demands for survival and women have bodies that are more equipped for reproduction and that are more pleasing to the eye, to attract the Male. There are higher levels of certain chemicals in Men that are associated with aggression and certain DNA differences. However, beyond the obvious physical differences and certain other differences, it seems that the largest differences between Genders are purely as a result of Culture and Society, as a whole.

What we expect out of our men and women has more to do with how we were raised and social norms, I suspect, than anything else. We expect certain things from our men and certain things from our women. For example: Women; your mortgage is severely pass due, along with the rest of your bills and the car is broken down. Your son got sent home early from school for acting up and your daughter has a bad cold. You stomp your toe on the way into the living room and see your husband sitting on the couch in a pool of tears. Is this what you expect out of your man? Of-course not. You expect him to be the emotional rock of the family. And he was probably raised to be and emulated his father who was the emotional rock of his family...... Is this man immune to the same feelings as the woman? No. He is in the same situation and loves his kids just as much. He has the same fears and worries, but was simply raised with a different mindset. From almost birth, he has been taught that the man is strong and the woman is weaker, although this is not technically correct. Actually, the man is strong in some areas and the woman is strong in others, thereby, making them a formidable team when working together. But the man grows up with a different mindset than the woman. Women are taught, almost from birth, that the woman should expect strength from the man and accept nothing less. Therefore, when the car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, the woman; who would be perfectly capable of calmly and

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