A Counterbalance of Four Tenets on Gender

Identifier:  TFG:7437

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG7437

Authors:  Pedrajas Llobet, Moisès

Abstract:
This paper counterbalances four popular tenets – or core beliefs – around gender with cross-disciplinary findings and alternative explanations that contrast, complement, or expand their narrative. It covers the social construction of gender, the gender pay gap, gender-based violence, and the patriarchy. The first tenet is contrasted with studies on sex differences, the origins of sexual reproduction, and toy preferences observed in babies and monkeys; the second with studies on differing workplace preferences by gender; the third with studies on the differing violent tendencies of the sexes, and the fourth with historical facts and studies on sociology, evolutionary psychology, and biology.