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Hello! Gender psychology is a fairly new direction in social psychology, which studies the behavior of a person in society, depending on his gender. Only not the biological sex, but the social one.
Since sometimes it happens that a woman is more courageous, decisive and active than a man. As well as vice versa, a representative of the strong half of humanity can show more tenderness and vulnerability than his wife. And even be on maternity leave. While his soulmate provides for the whole family, being at work from morning to night.
And today we will take a closer look at what exactly this science does.
Main sections
The sections that gender psychology highlights:
Psychology of comparing men and women
This section previously had a lot of names, for example, sexual dipsychism, dimorphism, or simply, differences. But the subject of study remained the same. The purpose of the comparison is to find peculiar features in behavior, communication and other things in men and women. Thanks to which it will be easy to establish their belonging to the floor.
Moreover, not only the differences between them are taken into account, but also the similarities. Experts of this science are of the opinion that they are not born a man or a woman, they become them during life.
Belonging is acquired along with character, social roles, priorities, tastes, responsibilities, type of behavior, and so on.
Psychology of a woman
Specialists are engaged in the study of those features of the psyche of the fairer sex, which are completely absent in men. We are talking about behavior and emotional state during pregnancy, childbirth, even defloration, that is, deprivation of virginity. Also during menstruation or menopause.
In principle, all spheres of life are studied, starting from motherhood, professional development and ending with psychiatric deviations, addictions.
Psychology of men
In principle, like the previous one, this section does the same. Only the subject of attention is the effect of testosterone and other male hormones on behavior, the ability to make decisions, aggressiveness.
Diseases that are observed only in the stronger sex are being studied. The reasons for the need to create and organize closed groups, clubs, where women are strictly forbidden to enter, at least on equal terms and rights.
That is, the identity of the individual and the process of mastering various social roles are considered.
Gender relations
Relationships are studied, both between representatives of different sexes, as well as one or mixed. This is common in workgroups. Of interest is also the very form of relationships, that is, friendly, intimate, family, professional and others. Since a person behaves completely differently depending on who he communicates with.
Attention is also paid to the problem of violence, manifestations of deviance, delinquency.
Leadership Psychology
The themes of submission, dominance, leadership, competition and so on are explored.
Completion
Despite the fact that this branch of social psychology arose a long time ago, at least the term itself appeared thanks to the American psychologist, sexologist John William Money in 1955, our society has just begun to use a gender approach in practice.
Modern research makes it possible to create certain working and learning conditions that people, depending on their gender, need for successful activity and development.
Also, we recommend reading an article about harmonious relations between a man and a woman.
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina