FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Modern Immigration To The United Kingdom, Hijab, Nuclear Family

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The most important differences in family experiences is between males and females. Sources of these differences: (1) the physical and genetic differences between the sexes, (2) the routine ways of behaving we develop over the years, (3) our individual ideas and values. Sex: biological difference between males and females (physical appearance, and bodily too for example being able to be pregnant) Physical and brain development differences between men and women: men are taller and more muscular, they are better at tracking direction and in mentally manipulating objects. Women tend to live longer and be healthier except in countries where there are many childbirth deaths, they are more fluent at language. We cannot remove the physical from the social environment, socially the sex of an individual is important. Knowing the sex of an individual shapes how we behave towards them. Double standard in sexual differences: men are allowed more freedom than women.