Gender Typing
• Gender typing projects societies expectations
regarding people's behavior based upon their
biological sex.
Theories for Explaining Gender Typing
• 1. genetics – genes that determine sex also
determine behavior
Theories for Explaining Gender Typing
• 2. hormones – hormonal differences between
males and females cause different patterns of
development leading to different behaviours
Theories for Explaining Gender Typing
• Psychoanalytic Theory – boys and girls learn
gender roles from their same sex parent
Theories for Explaining Gender Typing
• Social-Learning Theory – gender differences
are modeled by parents and reinforced by
positive and negative reactions
Theories for Explaining Gender Typing
• Gender-Schema Theory – children form
gender-based self-conceptions, which guide
their behaviour
Rank
Theory
Rank Based on Plausibility
Theories
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1. genetics
2. hormones
3. psychoanalytic
4. social-learning
5. gender-schema
Stay At Home Dads and Gender Typing
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3qNVXdnRw&feature=related
Questions
• What are your thoughts on stay at home
dads?
• Do you think there is a negative stigma for
stay at home dads? Discuss
• Is it fair?