Question

Explain how your views have changed about the psychology of gender.

Describe the theory or research that had the most profound impact on your own understanding of gender. Give reasons for your response.

Answer 1

• My views about the psychology of gender have always remained away from the conventional and typical gender roles which have been assigned to all of us since the beginning of our lives.
• The one theory which I consider important in understanding about gender is object-relations theory which focuses on socialization process towards gender development.The relationships between parent and child is of particular importance.Family has a major influecnce on how children grow up view gender.And that I guess impacted me as well,my parents never differentiated between me and my brother,both were treated equally and given the same kind of work and freedom to make decisions.
• Which ultimately brought us up to respect each others gender and understand that we both are equal and no one is superior than the other.Yes,we have physical differences,but we came to understand through our parents teachings,that be it a boy or girl,both can do anything and are not confined to traditional stereotypical roles.
• Both my parents are working,and sometimes my dad stayed at home as well to take care of us,and my mother worked.The way my parents shared parenting,influenced me as a child and I related myself to my parents and how they brought me up which ultimately developed my views about gender,and whatever little stereotypical thinking I had changed even further when I became an adult and interacting with people at my workplace who were true feminists.