Article
As the twig is bent: the biology and socialization of gender roles in women.
Brain and cognition - 1 Mar 1995
Casey M B, Brabeck M M, Nuttall R L
Abstract excerpt
The present study supports the view that biological predisposition interacts with perceived parental influences to affect cross-gender role identity. Geschwind and colleagues have identified two patterns of brain organization (anomalous and standard dominance) assessed through individual and familial handedness. Anomalous dominant women who perceived their parents as definitely giving them permission for...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cohort Studies
- Dominance, Cerebral
- Female
- Gender Identity
- Humans
- Permissiveness
- Personality Development
- Personality Inventory
- Phenotype
- Socialization