Friday, March 11, 2011
Are males born or made?
In the world of John Monet socialization, not genetics plays a central role to construct masculinity. In his word:"If the child born a male but raised as female he becomes a heterosexual female." In my opinion it is true. The man’s are build. By the medical practitioners if the boys were born with the penis they are considerate as a male, but if they treated as girls, boys became feminized. Sometimes boys that genetically born as a boy, latter in their life decide to change their gender. I believe that because of guilt socialization. To born as a boy and then grow in a real man, boys need to be grow as a male. The important role plays society; it is important where a man grew up, who where around him. In my opinion, family plays a large contribution in a boy's life because they provide toys and clothing base on children's gender. For example, I knew one boy who was raised by grandmother and mother, he was the one who prefer to play with the girls and dolls. By the age of 14, he became look more like a girl he even start to produce a breast. Then his mother gets worried, and send him to Military school. In six month he completely change his appearance, he start looks more like a boy, and act like one. That’s why I think, that the man’s are build.
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Did you mean John Money, the doctor mentioned in Fausto-Sterling's article? While it is true that boys who are treated like girls, may begin behaving like girls, do you think is it really possible to change a child's sex by treating that child as if the child was of the oppsite sex? The example you include at the end of your post, about a grandmother and mother raising a boy who eventually began acting in a feminine manner is very interesting. But the part about him growing breasts, suggests that he might not have been born a male? You should think about the relationship between sex and gender, as these are not one and the same. Lastly, please reread and proofread your posts.
ReplyDeleteThe example of the boy who grew breast because he was treated as a girl made me think that is not normal, not normal at all and if he grew breast maybe he was born as a girl otherwise it would be impossible, but I do agree with you when said that society made him faminine. Society plays a big role in our unknow path to our psycological sex.
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