Biosocial Approach to Gender Development

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Biological Influences on Gender
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Smith & Lloyd (AO1) >Babies dressed in unisex 'snowsuits' and gave them boys'/girls' names >Played with differently depending on the name
Edley & Wetherell (AO1) >There are many different ways of 'doing' masculinity and femininity so the ideas of 'metrosexual' and 'ladette' are recent ways of reshaping gender ideas >This means we should think in terms of multiple masculinities and femininities
:) Eagly & Wood (AO2) >When women had a high status and male-female division of labour was less pronounced, sex differences in mating preferences became less pronounced >Gender behaviour is not a result of just biology
:( Luxden (AO2) >The evolutionary approach can explain gender differences as they can be apparent before any socialisation >V.young children display sex differences in their toy preferences. >Biology more important
:( Gangestad et al (AO2) >Gender equality was not related to sex differences and concluded that the evolutionary approach was a better explanation for differences
Hines et al (AO3-Alternative Approach) >Link between levels of testosterone during pregnancy and masculine behaviour in resulting female offspring aged 3-4.
Goldwyn (AO3-Alternative Approach) >Mr Blackwell >Perceived as a boy and raised a boy >He was a hermaphrodite but chose to live as a man >Suggests that biosocial is relevant because he could have been identified as a girl but as he was raised a boy that was how he identified
Young (AO1) [Gender Dysphoria] >In Albania, if there is no male to fulfil male roles, women will do it >They take a pledge never to marry, cut their hair short, dress like a man and carry out the roles >In our culture this would/could be seen as GD >This shows that GD may be a result of trying to force biological factors into gender roles assigned by society leaving the individual unable to behave as they would like
:) Zhou et al (AO2) [Gender Dysphoria] >Suggested that males and females have differences with their brains. >E.g. the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis was 2.47 times greater in males than females >Transsexual brains were studied and it was found that the BNST was the same size suggesting GD is not something we have control over
:( Dressens et al (AO2) [Gender Dysphoria] >Despite prenatal exposure to male hormones, 95% of 250 females were content with their female gender role. >The remaining 5% did experience GD but generally prenatal exposure had no clear relationship to GD
:) Drummond et al (AO2) [Gender Dysphoria-Social/Psychological Factors] >30 girls referred to a Gender Identity Clinic between the age of 2-3 >Assessed when 7 yo and followed up when 18 >88% of girls who showed strong GID aged 7 showed no signs in early adulthood
:( Rekers & Lovaas (AO2) [Gender Dysphoria-Social factors] >Looked at case histories of boys with GD and suggest that GD may develop as a result of reinforcement as a child for feminine behaviour
:( Green (AO2) [Gender Dysphoria-Social factors] >In a sample of 'feminine' boys, 15% had been dressed in girls' clothing during infancy >However, this is only 15%, so other factors, other than social, must be relevant
Coates & Person (AO3-Alternative Approach) [Gender Dysphoria] >In a study, 15 of 25 boys with GD met the criteria for separation anxiety
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