Evaluation:
Published: 28.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Gender Identity', 1.
  • Essays 'Gender Identity', 2.
Extract

Gender Identity is a learned quality. It does not have anything to do with nature (genetics) as much as nurturing. Males and females are separated by gender at birth. A person's sex determines how their gender will develop. Some circumstances may cause gender identity disorder .
What makes a woman a woman and a man a man? Is it nature? A persons genetics, or is it nurture? The way a person is raised. The way a female and a male are raised from birth decides what gender the person will become. Gender identity is a learned behavior, which is reinforced through out one's entire lifetime. …

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