Gender Roles and the Larger Social System

e male's advantage in physical strength, females are clearly the healthier sex. Males are subject to a variety of sex-linked genetic defects, including hemophilia and color blindness. They are also more susceptible to some diseases, and they mature more slowly than females (Suter).
             The relationship between sex hormones and behavior is a complex and controversial issue. Numerous researchers have attempted to show that male hormones are linked to such things as aggression and dominance, female hormones to mothering and nurturing behavior. Studies have been conducted of children exposed to high levels of males of male hormones in the womb because of a hereditary defect in the function of the adren
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