The chapter 2 Theories of Gender/Sex of “Gender in Communication: A Critical Introduction / Edition 2” by “Victoria Pruin DeFrancisco, Catherine H. Palczewski, Danielle McGeough” analyzes the different study about gender and communication and provide a clear understanding and formal explanation to readers about the perception of their gender’s identities.
Before the authors reach out to definition of gender/sex communication they analyze for us the theories of many searchers in 3 categories. The first, on a biological point where they said chromosomes (Hormones and Genitalia) do not have an impact in our aggression, delinquent or violence behavior but otherwise it is caused by an aggressive situation that affect our testosterone. And for the brain development, it is just the experience that we have as a girl or boy in our childhood from society that impact our masculine and feminine behavior, therefore our biology differences do not determine our sex.
Second, Psychological theories include psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic feminism that our conscious or unconscious thoughts and memories don’t related to our gender identity but our emotional experience during our childhood. Social learning that focuses in our learning method and observation from society can’t influence gender/sex but separated it instead. And cognitive development may variable to the change of someone sex because man and woman are not that different.
And third, is a critical/Cultural theory that is someone’s customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group influence someone lifestyle and the separation of power between female and male rather than our gender identity and sex.
And in chapter 4 of the second “Gendered/Sexed Bodies” how norms and cultures illustrate sexed bodies differently and project different pattern on those bodies so that they can creating feminine and masculine persons puppets. Acting like a man or woman is not natural, this is manipulation of your beliefs, changing the way you look into things and your thoughts like a slave.
Like Guante said in his poem “Ten Responses to the Phrase ‘Man Up” gender categorized is just a stereotype, society wants “man who doesn’t eat steak, drive a pickup truck, have lots of sex with women are nothing more than background characters, comic relief, props.” But the reality is we are all equal in emotion and we are just different by physical anatomy and the poet add that “women and the women’s movement figured out a long time ago that being directly ordered around by commercials, magazines and music is dehumanizing. When will men figure that out?” all those stereotypes are poisons and mental chains for humanity I believe if everybody was themselves maybe society will be a better place to live, people will be more happy like I am instead of looking for a reason to exist, a safe place and happy place to be with all those unnecessary expensive therapy and medications.
