McDermott

Heather McDermott Participation

When asked if gender is biologically or socially determined my respondent stated that she believed it's a little bit of both. She indicated that there are certain social aspects that make you the way you are depending on how you are raised and that it develops you in little ways in regards to the way you view yourself and the sex you are. However, she believes that biology is the major determinant of a person's gender, that your gender is something you're born with and that it happens at birth. You are born the way you are and the way you're supposed to be. She believes that once you're born you're pre-determined to be that particular gender. Although nurture does play a part in determining your gender, the nature aspect of your gender tends to determine the way you are nurtured. She did point out that there are a few occasions were a person can go 30 or 40 years of their life and then change their mind. None the less, nature and thereby biology is the major proponent of what gender you are and nurture just tends to follow behind it.

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