sex and gender EVALUATION

Question 1

real-life application - children

Answer 1

• suggests that environmental factors influence gender stereotypical behaviour
• as a society, we can encourage the breaking down of negative sex role stereotyping
• e.g. children can be encouraged to adopt a more positive attitude to non-stereotypical behaviours
• reinforce that positive behaviours can apply equally to both genders

Question 2

real life application - media

Answer 2

• lead to media to present less gender stereotypical images of males and females
• particularly where negative sex role stereotypes of females have been used
  however
• has not been completely effective as some stereotypical portrayals exists

Question 3

nature vs nurture

Answer 3

• difficult to establish