"Differences have been found in a variety of fields such as mental health, cognitive abilities, personality, emotion, sexuality, and tendency towards aggression."
Is the study of the differences between male and female behavior, cognition, and emotion.
Gender Identity: The personal sense of one's own gender, including an awareness of being male or female.
Gender Roles: The set of expected behaviors, norms, and attitudes that society considers appropriate for men and women.
Gender Stereotypes: A widely held and oversimplified belief about the typical characteristics and roles of men and women.
Gender Differences: The physiological, psychological, and behavioral distinctions between males and females.
Gender Development: The process by which individuals develop their gender identity and gender role through socialization and personal experience.
Sexual Orientation: The pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to individuals of a particular gender or both genders.
Intersectionality: The interconnected nature of social categories such as race, gender, sexuality, and class, which can overlap and affect an individual's experience in unique ways.
Feminism: A political, social, and cultural movement advocating for gender equality and challenging patriarchal structures.
Masculinity: The set of social, cultural, and psychological attributes associated with being male.
Femininity: The set of social, cultural, and psychological attributes associated with being female.
Gender Socialization: The process by which individuals learn the norms, values, and behaviors associated with their gender through social interactions and cultural messages.
Gender Discrimination: The unfair treatment or negative attitudes towards a person based on their gender.
Gender and Mental Health: The impact of gender on mental health, including factors such as gender-based violence, gender identity, and social roles.
Gender and Language: The ways in which language reflects and reinforces gender roles and stereotypes.
Transgender Identity: A gender identity that does not conform to the traditional male or female binary, including a range of diverse identities such as non-binary, genderqueer, and trans.
Gender and Body Image: The relationship between gender and the societal standards of physical attractiveness, and the impact of these standards on body image.
"Differences have been found...due to a complex interplay of biological, developmental, and cultural factors."
"Such variation may be innate, learned, or both."
"Modern research attempts to distinguish between these causes and to analyze any ethical concerns raised."
"Although this is often not possible."
"A number of factors combine to influence the development of sex differences, including genetics and epigenetics; differences in brain structure and function; hormones, and socialization."
"The formation of gender is controversial in many scientific fields, including psychology."
"Researchers and theorists take different perspectives on how much of gender is due to biological, neurochemical, and evolutionary factors (nature), or is the result of culture and socialization (nurture)."
"This is known as the nature versus nurture debate."
"Differences have been found in a variety of fields such as mental health, cognitive abilities, personality, emotion, sexuality, and tendency towards aggression."
"Modern research attempts to...analyze any ethical concerns raised."
"Researchers are interested in investigating how biology and environment interact to produce such differences."
"Researchers are interested in investigating how biology and environment interact to produce such differences."
"A number of factors combine to influence the development of sex differences, including genetics and epigenetics."
"Differences have been found in a variety of fields such as mental health, cognitive abilities, personality, emotion, sexuality, and tendency towards aggression."
"Differences have been found...due to a complex interplay of biological, developmental, and cultural factors."
"The formation of gender is controversial in many scientific fields, including psychology."
"Researchers and theorists take different perspectives on how much of gender is due to biological, neurochemical, and evolutionary factors (nature), or is the result of culture and socialization (nurture)."
"A number of factors combine to influence the development of sex differences, including genetics and epigenetics; differences in brain structure and function; hormones, and socialization."
"This is known as the nature versus nurture debate."