PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Safe Sex, Girly Girl, Relational Aggression
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Men are more aggressive than women and commit more physical violence than women but women are more likely to commit relational aggression which is hurtful gossip, shutting someone out, etc. Men and women lead different so their social power is different. Women tend to be more democratic and women offer more support. Men tend to be more directive telling people what they want and how they achieve it. Our biological sex is determined by the x chromosome. Gender role is what you"re supposed to act like as a boy or girl and a gender identity is what gender you identify with. Intersex is when you are born as one gender but identify with another. Some factors that contribute to sexual orientation are, low testosterone, hormones, how they were raised, brain functions, preference. It hasn"t influenced my views because i accept everyone regardless of sexual orientation: what factors do you think have contributed to changing attitudes toward.