The role of chromosomes and hormones EVALUATION
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- EVALUATION A03
- Evidence supporting
- Influence of chromosomes on gender identity is supported in the case of David Reimer
- Botched circumcision operation-left without a penis. .
- Parents made aware of the psychologist John Money- theory of gender neutrality.
- Instructed to bring up their son as a female- stereotypes (put in dresses)
- They had very bad emotional problems - was told the truth and went back to living as a man - committed suicide 2004
- Instructed to bring up their son as a female- stereotypes (put in dresses)
- Parents made aware of the psychologist John Money- theory of gender neutrality.
- Botched circumcision operation-left without a penis. .
- James Dabbs et al. (1995) - in a prison population, that offenders with the highest levels of testosterone were more likely to have committed violent or sexually motivated crimes
- Stephanie Van Goozen et al. (1995) - transgender individuals who were undergoing hormone treatment and being injected with hormones of the opposite sex.
- Transgender women showed decreases in aggression and visuo-spacial skills whilst transgender men showed the opposite. Shows that sex hormones have some influence on gender-related behaviours
- Influence of chromosomes on gender identity is supported in the case of David Reimer
- Contradictory evidence
- Double blind study conducted by Ray Ticker et al. (1996), 43 males were given either a weekly injection of testosterone or a placebo.
- No significant differences in aggression were found after the 10 week period between the 2 groups
- Double blind study conducted by Ray Ticker et al. (1996), 43 males were given either a weekly injection of testosterone or a placebo.
- Objections to pre-menstrual syndrome
- questioned the effects of oestrogen levels on a woman's mood and object to the medical category PMS- stereotypes female experience and emotion
- Feminist critiques (Rodin) claim that PMS is a social construction
- Evidence supporting
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