Gender Differences and Their Explanations Essay

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On the one hand there was the view that gender or rather gender differences were something that had been created by man, culture and society. This was contrasted by the view that gender differences were not constructed but was in fact innate and part of the natural order to things. They were also linked to religious views and conceptions. This view however found it difficult to account for variations in gender preferences and homosexuality.

What became clear from the interviews was that these two interviewees represent very different views of gender that are possibly reflected in the larger society. They were however similar in some respects; for instance they both were subject to certain gender stereotypes. This also suggests that the meaning of gender is not clear and that it is obscured by stereotypes in the media and cultural views and ideas.

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While the interviews provide insight they also raised a great number of questions. For example, to what extent is gender a social construction and to what extent is it genetic or innate; are all gender characteristics only the result of a learning process in society; to what extent is the media a part of the problem and to what extent does it serve to from our ideas and notions of gender and sexuality. These are issues that provide as great deal of food for thought. These interviews have certainly opened my eyes to a plethora of possibilities and the complexity of this issued......

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