sex role

In one of the episodes of National Geographic , they featured how gender roles were shaped in different cultures . One of the cultures featured was that of the Samoan culture . Their culture has what is referred to as a faa 'fafine - a male child brought up to be female and is considered female , not gay , by Samoan society . Gender roles are actually what a culture considers appropriate in terms of how a person behaves . This includes the interests , skills , and attitudes expected of a person Thus , a person fulfills his or her societal role

with these considerations and expectations in mind (Papalia Olds , 1995 . In my opinion then , although biological factors are important in shaping gender roles , social and cultural factors play a bigger and more important part

Biological factors that help in shaping gender roles include the innate differences in sex such as the differences in internal and external sex organs . The other sex differences include size , strength , appearance physical abilities , and intellectual abilities . For size , males are usually larger than females while males are much stronger than females and with regard to appearance , males are hairier and more muscled Studies have shown that these sex differences help children learn to differentiate themselves as either boy or girl . Children learn that having certain characteristics put them into either category . An example being when playing , boys usually boast that they can easily beat the girls in games of speed and daring stating that they are bigger and stronger . Girls , on the...