Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper, formatted consistent with APA guidelines, on the determining factors of gender identification and gender roles. Include the following in your paper:
State the factors that determine gender identity.
Explain how a person's masculine and feminine traits can be described using the continuum of masculinity-femininity.
Describe three factors in your own life that have helped determine your gender identity.
Discuss the masculine and feminine traits that you attribute to yourself using the continuum of masculinity-femininity.
Assignment: Gender Identity
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this paper is for students to summarize the varied factors that determine gender identity. Students also appreciate the variation in masculine and feminine traits by discussing them as part of a continuum. Finally, students use this information to reflect on their own gender identity.
Resource Required
Ch. 6 in Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity
Written Assignment Grading Form for Gender Identity