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Compare and contrast the three major social theories of gender. Which would you argue is the dominant approach today?

Three main social theories of gender have been proposedsocial role theory, psychoanalytic theory, and social cognitive theory. Alice Eagly proposed the social role theory, which states that gender differences result from the contrasting roles of women and men. The psychoanalytic theory of gender stems from Freud's view that the preschool child develops a sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent. At 5 or 6 years of age, the child renounces this attraction because of anxious feelings. Subsequently, the child identifies with the same-sex parent, unconsciously adopting the same-sex parent's characteristics. According to the social cognitive theory of gender, children's gender development occurs through observing and imitating what other people say and do, and through being rewarded and punished for gender-appropriate and gender-inappropriate behavior.


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