Explain the role social structures play in forming gendered identity.

The aim of this essay is to examine the influence of social structures on gender identity. In order to do this, free will and determinism will be explored, along with evolutionary behaviorism, social meaning, and some forms of social structure and their direct influence on gendered behavior. Identity is the combination of how others experience us and how we experience ourselves. It is a sense of identifying and differentiating with certain groups of people, we …

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