Gender Issues

Are boys and girls born different or does every infant really come into the world programmed for caretaking or war making? There are certainly biological differences between men and women, but there are really no established genetically based behavior differences. Genetically based behavior is created through culture and by our society. According to Jansson (2003), structural discrimination is defined as a series of obstacles that, singly and together, interfere with the advancement of their members into …

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