SEX ROLES

-Hamilton McCubbin & Barbara Blum Dahl

Group Members(F)

Anu Ghimere Arpana Pradhan Deepin Bogati Mahim singh(Leader) Pallavi Pradhan(Editor) Pranav Manandhar

Table of Contents

About the Author Introduction Sex Roles and Gender Identity The Cause of Sex Role Genetic: Biological Evidence Culture: The Anthropological Evidence Society: Learning Evidence Feminist Critique Conclusion

About the Author

Former professors at the University of Minnesota

Hamilton McCubbin: Professor in the school of social work Head and professor in the family social science

department at the University of Minnesota Currently Director at the institute for the study of

resiliency in families Books – coherence and resiliency:

stress coping and health resiliency in ethnic families

Introduction

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

Man for the field and woman for the heart

Man for the sword and needle she Man with the head and woman with the

heart Man to command and woman to obey

Sex Roles and Gender Identity

Sex roles

Gender identity

The Cause of Sex Role

Gender Differences Biological Cultural

Nature vs. Nurture

Genetics: The Biological Evidence

Historical Background

Biological Differences between sexes On the basis of chromosomes On the basis on hormones

Research on hermaphrodites- John Money Research by Estelle Ramey on hormonal

differences in the same sex.

Genetics: Differences in brain formation

Men WomenSuperior visual- spatial

skillsAdvantage in verbal

skills

Better in dealing with abstract concepts

Better in analyzing environment

Culture: The Anthropological Evidence

Different cultures have different roles assigned to the sexes which generally are similar

Study on Sex and Temperament in three primitive societies in New Guinea

Case of early societies Men - Public Sphere Women - Private Sphere

Societies where women control economics well being

Society: Learning Experience Socialization is a learning experience

through and with the society How are sex roles influenced by:

Parents School Friends Role Model Mass Media

Feminist Critique

Jessie Bernard- a feminist sociologist Power and control are the main motive

behind the division of sex roles Criticism of the socialization research Feminist power analysis of sex roles

Conclusion

Sex Roles are primarily determined by society These implicitly stated sex roles are a cause

of discrimination prevalent in the society. “Many, if not all, of the personality traits

which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly linked to sex as are the clothing, the manners, and the form of headdress that a society at any given period assigns to other sex.”

-Margaret Mead

Floor Open to Questions!!