Gender and Sexuality

Before completing this discussion, be sure to review Chapter 10 in your text and the Factors that Influence Sexual Orientation and Gender Socialization, videos. After examining the research in human development presented in your required resources, complete the following discussion:

Ideas and perceptions of gender and sexuality are strongly dependent on cultural factors and influences. Define gender and sexuality. What is the difference between the two? Describe the influences of culture on these aspects of human development.

In addition, examine how stereotypes and other cultural factors influence our perception of acceptable expressions of gender and sexuality. Give examples illustrating how a particular expression of gender or sexuality may be acceptable in one culture and unacceptable in another. Predict how the expression or repression of a person’s gender and/or sexuality may influence the person’s interpersonal development.

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Gender refers to the role of a man or a woman in the society and is characterized by the way the society views the biological sex of the individuals. Sexuality is defined as the aspect that involves the gender identities, sexual orientation, desires, and reproduction. The difference between gender and sexuality is that gender shows the roles that the society expects the individual, whether male or female, to play whereas, sexuality shows the way the male or female individual expresses their feelings. Gender and sexuality both are affected by the different cultures worldwide. The roles of the woman…

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