Chapter Objectives

After reading the chapter, you should be able to:

1.

define sex, gender, gender identity, and gender role.

2.

understand how concepts of masculinity and femininity vary by society and culture.

3.

discuss how the following environmental influences mold masculinity and femininity: societal expectations, parents, television, and school.

4.

discuss how different theoretical views have different ideas about the development of "maleness" and "femaleness."

5.

describe masculine and feminine stereotypes and norms and the problems they create.

6.

discuss gender-role influences in interpersonal relationships between men and women.

7.

discuss gender roles in the family, differing expectations and attitudes of various ethnic groups, and how they affect housework and children in families.

8.

discuss how gender roles tend to change over the family life cycle.

9.

describe how marital quality can be influenced by gender-role expectations.

10.

understand the meaning of androgyny, and its advantages.

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