Male Conformity

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This paper discusses the proposition that gender differences are learned, imposed by the society that spawns them and then perpetuates them from one generation to the next. The paper suggests that men conform to the gender requirements of their society, requirements conveyed to them as cultural biases that they then emulate.

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"Sex differences are biological, while gender differences are cultural. This means that gender differences are learned, imposed by the society that spawns them and then perpetuates them from one generation to the next. Men conform to the gender requirements of their society, requirements conveyed to them as cultural biases that they then emulate. Men thus come out more or less with the same basic way of thinking and the same modes of behavior because those are culturally dictated to say what count as masculine traits and what do not. Asch (originally 1955) noted the power of conformity and the fact that conformity is defined as "behavior that adheres to the behavior patterns of a particular group of which that individual is a member" (Hock, 1992, p. 290). Such persons are guided by unspoken rules of conduct found in "social norms" of conduct."

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