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1			Gender roles provide expectations for behavior of adolescent girls and boys. There are benefits of feminine and masculine gender roles, but both have risks. Is there a way to foster positive gender roles for girls and boys at the same time? If so, how could this be done? http://www.rho.org/html/menrh_theme-adol-boys.html http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/women/html/wh_015100_girlssociali.htm
2			Great changes occurred in gender roles since the 1970s, particularly in the lives of women. But, have these changes affected the nature and quality of married life? How do you view the relation between gender roles and marriage? How might your partner (or a potential or hypothetical partner) view that relationship? http://www.hope.edu/academic/psychology/335/webrep/genroles.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/gender/gender22a.htm
3			Gender differences in humans in part reflect physical/biological differences. How might such disciplines as biology, pharmacology (study of drugs), neurology, and so on, inform your understand of how these physical differences come into play? http://www.gender.org.uk/about/00_diffs.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/031105064626.htm http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct98/sex.html