Gender+roles&+evolutionary+psychology



What is a gender role? The effect of your gender on
 * your mental state
 * you being born a man or a woman
 * caused by social factors and the environment you live in

The media depicts women as overly-emotional and men as logical.

Maternal instinct: Female is born "knowing" how to take care of and protect children.

Alphamale: Leader of the pack. The male must act dominant, and powerful in order to defend and lead his group.
 * Could be alphafemale, some women resemble leader characteristics too.



__Kibutz__
 * started off "genderless"; everyone worked equally
 * later on men started to only do masculine work and women began to only do feminine work

Summers believed that this was human nature, and that gender roles were innavoidable due to
 * 1) our ancestors
 * 2) physical differences between men and women
 * 3) different mentalities between men and women
 * 4) clearly defined pre-determined gender roles

An experiment was conducted with a young boy and young girl. The boy was given dolls and the girl was given cars.
 * When the boy was given dolls, the boy wrestled with the dolls.
 * When the girl was given cars, the girl imitated her mother and