FMST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Femininity, Masculinity
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Parents" attitudes and expectations about children"s cross-gender behaviour. Both men and women are more worried about boys showing cross-gender behaviours than girls. Boys are predicted to continue to show cross-gender behavior into adulthood. (c) describe the third explanation and explain how it can account for the differential evaluations of cross-gender behaviour in boys and girls. Feminine boys will grow up to be either gay or transsexual. Boy"s cross-gender behavior is predicted to affect the future sexual behavior. (check original text: the current study attempts to replicate martin"s (1990) earlier study. However, the participants in the current study are different from the participants in martin"s (1990) study. State all the differences relative to the participants. In finland, they have more gender neutral language and gender neutral policies. (different culture). State yes or no, then identify which sex was associated with a higher level of perceived societal acceptance by the parents.
