In: Psychology
Increasingly, developmental theorists argue that men and women become more psychologically androgynous in terms of their personalities and social interactions as they age. Based on your textbook and what you see going on in the real world, please answer two questions and give your reason for the answers: 1) Do you see this androgyny/increased flexibility of gender role scripts as being a reality for most people who are middle aged or older? 2) To what extent do you agree with theorists that this is a good thing for men and women? [***PLEASE NOTE: This question is about PSYCHOLOGICAL androgyny, which has been documented to shift across the lifespan (by theorists such as Bem), not PHYSIOLOGICAL androgyny, which tends to be malleable over time for a smaller group of people and is a completely different topic. The latter is a real-world hot topic, and includes things like "gender bending" and includes trans-gender issues, and is also important to understand, but right now we are talking about PSYCHOLOGICAL development of androgyny across the life span in this assignment.***]
Answer 1. Yes we actually see increased flexibility of gender role in reality. Psychological androgyny is a phenomenon which is actually need of the time today ,to perform well in life.It is possessing masculine and feminine traits by both men and women and utilising these traits well for better functioning.
In today's century may it be need of the time that both men and women have flexible gender roles to ensure maximum adaptability.
With having psychological androgyny one is able to do number of activities efficiently which helps in developing high self esteem in both men and women.
2. I totally agree with theorists that this is a good thing for men and women ,reasons being-
- they have higher adaptability to particular situations
- higher self esteem than only feminine or only masculine counterparts
- they are more likable by all
- they themselves have a great subjective feeling if we'll being
- they are better at forming and maintaining strong relationships.
- socially it is an advantage to have more psychologically androgynic individuals to built a better society .