Although we are taught throughout our educational careers that men and women share some characteristics yet are biologically different from one another and this accounts for many of the differences we notice in our society. Because of this biological way of thinking, our society has become accustomed to attributing many gender differences to the biology that differentiates men from women.
In my conducted interview, we discussed how although the biological differences between men and women do have an impact on some things, it is not correct to fall back on the biological theory for every situation. In terms of bias and discrimination in our society, it is not accurate to assume that biological differences between men and women are the reasons behind it. Yes, men have more testosterone than women, but to believe they make every decision based on that testosterone, or their instinct to produce offspring is oversimplifying things. Women are emotional creatures but to attribute every emotional decision to biology and not to human behavior is simply unfair.
Many of the differences in the roles of our society are not caused by our biological differences but from the resources that are available to us and to the opportunities we are able to obtain. Both of these factors are dependent upon the roles that society expects us to fall into.
Biology can be used as reasoning for the physiological and chemical differences in men and women and even some of the sociological aspects, but many of the differences between men and women's roles in society is based on society's expectations.
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