FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Doukhobor, Main Source, Nuclear Family
9 Apr 2013
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The differences between males and females have three sources: the physical and genetic differences between the sexes, the routine ways of behaving we develop over the years, our individual ideas and values. The word sex refers to the biological differences. Women can produce a limited number of children, men can have many. Men tend to be taller and more muscular. Women tend to live longer and be healthier except in countries with high childbirth deaths. Men tend to be better at tracking direction and mentally manipulating objects. Females tend to be more fluent in language. Knowing the sex of an individual shapes how we behave towards that person. There is often a double standard in sexuality, where men are allowed more freedom. Gender socialization prepares children and adolescents for the tasks that they will perform as boys and girls, as women and men. Gender roles are the socially approved way of behaving as males and females in society.
