Is it nature or nurture that causes a child to develope socially? This blog has to deal with the short write we did in class on whether it is nature or nurture that made that little girl want to play with dolls and baby the fire truck. No one makes a little girl play with dolls. I understand that she may only play with the toys that are presented to her, and her parents have all the say in what type of toys she gets, but saying that gender roles are the only reason girls play with dolls and boys play with trucks is an extremely close minded statement. A not so long time ago people thought it was weird for a girl to play with mud, worms, and little boys, but now a days it seems to just be kids being kids. I believe that nurture has alot to do with how a kid grows up and how they will act, but to insist that this is the only factor in development is rediculus. Nature has to have something to do with how someone grows up. Not only does it determine a persons height, hair color, and all other physical traits, I dont see why it wouldnt have and effect on a persons personality. If someone is depressed, and it is due to a mental illness, that is due to nature. No one socially distorted that person to make their brain release the chemicals that cause depression. Before i piss too many people off, i will stop with my own close minded opinon just to see what type of hate mail i get after this blog entry.
--Comstock
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Although I think nature has a part in gender roles I personally think that nurture takes the biggest part in developing gender roles. Gender roles differ from culture to culture. I think the roles parents play when a child is young influences the child to take on a certain gender role. I think children are nurtured as they grow up to act a certain way so that they fit in with the gender roles of their culture. I believe nuture is the key in establishing gender roles.
-Yearsley
To see which factor, nature or nurture, has the most effect the issue needs to be looked at across all cultures. I think nurture has a lot to do with gender roles. If you look at how the women in the Middle East are treated, being completely covered so they cant be seen, that is not a behavior that orginated from genetics, it is something that is taught from birth. A part of nurture are the social norms that are a part of a specific culture and depending on how strong those norms are, depends on how differing the gender roles are.
I am sure that nature has a part of your gender other than your physical features, but i think that nurture has a bigger role. Somebody has to put those toys and ideas in your head to make boys like trucks and girls like barbies. Also some girls grow up with just their dad or brothers and are tom boys. There are so many examples of how nurture effects how different genders act, but I can't seem to think of examples for nature.
-Stephanie Learn
I think nurture has a lot to do with gender roles also. We are not born knowing what toys to play with and what toys not to play with. Boys are provided with action figures and cars, while girls are provided with baby dolls and barbies. The family reinforces what gender role the child should have. Parents do not want their little boys playing with barbies, and their little girls growing up to be a tom boy. I am really confident that nurture is the key factor for gender roles.
--Gilmore--
There are undeniable physiological differences between men and women. Women were created with the capacity to give birth. Men were created with the capacity to impregnate. You can't nurture a man into giving birth. Nurture does play a significant role, however. You can train a man to be a nurse and a woman to be a "GI Jane". But genetically speaking, there is no doubt that man and woman were created different. Accordingly, we have different functions. Regardless of how many army toys a little girl plays with, she will not be qualified as an elite soldier. Women gymnasts who push their body to the limits end up doing physical harm to themselves. Men and women are essentialy different; to such an extent that to try to reconcile the two (merging of the genders)will lead to a deeply confused generation. -McFadden
There are undeniable physiological differences between men and women. Women were created with the capacity to give birth. Men were created with the capacity to impregnate. You can't nurture a man into giving birth. Nurture does play a significant role, however. You can train a man to be a nurse and a woman to be a "GI Jane". But genetically speaking, there is no doubt that man and woman were created different. Accordingly, we have different functions. Regardless of how many army toys a little girl plays with, she will not be qualified as an elite soldier. Women gymnasts who push their body to the limits end up doing physical harm to themselves. Men and women are essentialy different; to such an extent that to try to reconcile the two (merging of the genders)will lead to a deeply confused generation. -McFadden
I think that nurture plays the biggest part in our gender roles. Nature plays a big part, but it's society that determines what is acceptable for each gender. I think in modern days it is more acceptable to both men and women to break away from the norm somewhat, but not too much. Society determines how masculine and femine men and women should be.
I think that nature and nurture both have roles in the way that a child develops socially. But I think that nature definitely plays the biggest role because it determines what our tendencies are going to be as male and female. An example would be that if you sit two children down who are three or four years old, one being male and one being female, and ask them to draw a picture. Little girls have a tendency to use bright colors where as little boys have a tendency to use black or brown. Obviously there is a difference in what they see when they are coloring and this could also indicate how they will see things when they are older. I think that nurture does play a role but not in the same way that nature does.
-Cordonier
I think both nature and nurture play big roles in child development. I think it is a 50-50 split between the two because nature and nurture both bring different qualities out in a person. For example, nature is set so girls naturally like to play with certain toys like dolls and fancy drees up games, where as boys would rather pretend they are having sword fights, play with trucks, and play cowboys. The nurture of society supports the nature qualities by providing the dolls for the girls or the trucks for the boys. A certain gender is not born knowing well since I'm a boy i have to play with trucks, however after the nurture of society the boy tends to lean towards the types of toys nature intended.
--Andrew
Nature and nurture both play a role in human development. Nature gives us the inborn ability and traits. Nurture takes these genetic affinities and molds them accordingly.
Speaking of this topic: Is there a "gay gene"? Is it nature or nuture that makes someone gay? I'm not too sure about this.
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