Biological and Social Influence

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This three page graduate paper examines whether gender is a social construction or a biological outcome. Viewing the film, 'Ma Vie En Rose' and studying assigned readings helps the writer to examine the influence gender has on shaping human behavior. The writer points out that these sources indicate that both social construction and biology influence gender perceptions and behavior.

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"In determining whether gender is a social construction or a biological outcome, viewing the film, Ma Vie En Rose and studying our assigned readings have been helpful, for they examine the influence gender has on shaping human behavior. These sources have indicated that both social construction and biology influence gender perceptions and behavior, and that outcome is generally determined by the degree of social construction applied in each child's case. "Social learning theory proposes that associations found between parental behaviors and child outcomes are primarily due to parents' socialization of the child through a system of rewards and punishments"."

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