Gender Roles in Boys & Girls

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Crystal Roberts
Dr. Harris
PSY 520
6 December 2000
Gender Roles in Boys & Girls
“How Parents Raise Boys & Girls” by Adam Bryant and Erika Check is a very interesting article about nature vs. nurture. The article takes a look at how biology and the environment effects gender identity. This review also gives parents advice on what they should do to help children form their own gender identity.
To support the biological influence on gender there is research on Bruce Reimer, who had his penis removed as a baby due to an accident. Due to this accident his parents were told to raise their son as a girl. Although Bruce’s parents were raising him as a girl, he had characteristics of a boy at play. He played with cars, planes, and guns. Later in Bruce’s life he realized something was not right and reclaimed that he was a male instead of a female. With this information, many say that gender is shaped solely by biology.
There are several topics in t...