In his article "Biological Limits of Gender Construction". J. Richard Udry attempts to apply the theory of sex-dismorphic behavior predispositions and the hypothetical normative structure of our society to a study of women that took place over the course of 30 years. In this study, scientists colle...
Helene Deutsch proposed that the triad of passivity, masochism, and narcissism is a natural concomitant of female biology. ... Thus, Horney's explanation of "feminine psychology" suggests that social change might be able to remedy traits deemed undesirable. ... On the other hand, a lot of the chapter was just a psychology review. The basic premise of the chapter was that there is no distinct psychology or personality for women. ...
Myers defines in his book, Psychology the Seventh Edition, is, " the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence" (Myers 159). ... "What biology initiates, culture accentuates" (Myers 127). ... Though biology and psychology play a significant role in the parent-child split during adolescence, there are other factors to be considered. ...
He continues by relating to readers his education in psychology and the learning he experienced from his professors. ... Unfortunately, she was not taught, nor are many other teachers, of the way boys and girls approach art differently based on the biology of their eyes. ...
This can be thought of as possible as now we have "nature" or biology being socially constructed as "we are told that our technologies are neutral or, even better, that they necessarily improve the situation of women and men. ... This supports the notion that gender and children are "malleable", and psychology and medicine are the "tools to transform them" once again relating back to my thesis that technoscience and social construction determine a person's gender and sex identity. ...
