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WGS160Y1 Study Guide - The Strongest, Gender Role, A Priori And A Posteriori

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19 Jun 2012
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A priori active/passive distinction refers to the approach of seeing gender norms through lens of what we experienced or already know. That is males are active and females are passive. Darwin"s model of sexual selection displays this gender norm. In all societies, we are hard-wired to the knowledge that boys and girls are different in many ways. Boys at an early age are already taught to acquire skills that display masculinity, such as being exposed to toys like cars, guns, and football other than barbie"s. Whilst on the other hand, girls are taught to develop a submissive femininity. Takes the bio-determinist view of how they used the process of sperm swimming actively through a very long journey until some dies because are too exhausted" till only one sperm is left. The best-fit survivor" then reaches the passive egg at the end of the journey.

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