SOCA01H3 Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Notes
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Intersexed infants, babies born with ambiguous genitals because of a hormone imbalance in the womb or some other cause. Functionalist theory is compatible with this argument: second perspective argues that gender is constructed mainly by social influences and may be altered to benefit society"s members. Conflict, feminist, and symbolic interactionist theories are compatible with 2nd: members of society enforce heterosexuality the preference for members of the perspective opposite sex as sexual partners. Theories of gender: some analysts see gender differences as reflection of naturally evolved dispositions called the essentialism perspective because it views gender as part of the nature or. Boy also develops anxiety that his father will castrate him for desiring mother; thus, represses his feelings for mother (in unconscious part of his personality) In contrast, young girl begins to develop feminine personality when she realizes she lacks a penis, thus, developing sense of inferiority.
