SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Oedipus Complex, Electra Complex, Mental Disorder
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Being male or female involves not just biology but also certain masculine and feminine feelings, attitudes, and behaviours. Gender comprises the feelings, attitudes, and behaviours associated with being male or female. Expectations about how men and women are supposed to act have changed only somewhat since the 1960s. Males are generally expected to act tough and hide their emotions. Boys tend to learn at a young age that crying or displaying their feelings in public is likely to result in taunts and accusations of being a sissy. Great pressure can be brought to bear on individuals who do not conform to gender expectation: brenda was tormented by her peers for not acting feminine. According to dr. diane watson 1 in every 5000 to 10,000 canadians is transgendered and 1 in. The apparent contradiction between biological sex and gender experienced by these individuals (transsexuals) brings us back to the question of how we define males and females.
