PSYC 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Masculinity, Dependent And Independent Variables, Covariate
18 Dec 2013
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People get uncomfortable to say sex in psychology, unlike in biology, rather than saying gender. What we identify ourselves effect how we behave in the society. Gender roles a set of behaviours that the society gives you to take on, guidelines to how you should and shouldn"t behave; but the content of gender roles is different from culture to culture. Taking blue/pink traits does not happen overnight. Different traits/labels exist different sex: boys are aggressive, independent whereas girls are passive, warm and dependent. We are bound by masculinity and femininity traits, which forms a line (the two extremes on each end, you fall somewhere on the line) Bem bends the line and creates a space for masculinity and femininity. Males or females can fall under each box. It gives some space in between the line, not just the two extremes. Congruence model if sex = roles, we get a reward and we are hungry for rewards.
