· Write a 700- to 1,050-word response, on the determining factors of gender identification and gender roles. Include the following in your response:
· State the factors that determine gender identity.
· Explain how a person’s masculine and feminine traits can be described using the continuum of masculinity-femininity.
· Describe three factors in your own life that have helped determine your gender identity.
· Discuss the masculine and feminine traits that you attribute to yourself using the continuum of masculinity-femininity.
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Take each point one at a time. Answer each question based upon your reading of your text, additional research, and your own experiences.
What are the factors that determine gender identity?
This article may help you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity
Gender identity and masculine-feminine are two separate topics. The former is one's personal belief that one is either male or female. Masculine-feminine are the cultural roles assigned to the two genders.
Although Ms. Sue has given you a good source for gender identity, you might want to Google "masculine feminine."
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/Androgyny.htm
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/GenderRoles.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/MoralityGenderGap.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/ThrowingGirl.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/GenderRoleGenes.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/MathGenderDiffer.html
http://www.members.cox.net/dagershaw/lol/CommunicationGenderBias.html