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Gender and Sexuality: Nature or Nurture?


Chapter 9 explains the difference between biological sex and gender, which is constructed culturally. From this chapter, you should be able to recognize some cross-cultural variations in gender roles as well as the factors affecting gender roles. Additionally you will become familiar with the diversity of human sexual behavior, including some examples.

At the completion of this chapter students should be able to:

Distinguish between sex and gender cross-culturally

Delineate factors affecting gender roles cross-culturally

Give an overview of the variations in gender roles

Explore human sexual behavior from a comparative perspective





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