Arbitrary Social Norma Influence Sex Differences

Strenuous, racing thoughts and anxiety are linked and chained together for people when it comes to dating. Brenda Miller’s short essay The Date, breathes life into what a person is thinking before they are going on a date. Brenda Miller has rapid thoughts ranging from her past to her present, while she is waiting on the arrival of her date. The author is persevering her apprehension through words and thoughts, so the reader can have a chance to experience some of her anxiety, “ A man I like is coming to dinner. He’s late. I sit on the edge of my bed, unwilling to stand near the front windows where he might be waiting. My stomach hurts, and is not soothed by the smell of tandoori chicken over cooking in the oven.” ( Miller, 2007. P.387). Miller’s memories are triggered from her senses from taste, smell, sound and sight. Her past memories shape her present thoughts. Her past experiences with rejection and failures had made dating much more difficult for her, as well added to the excitement of dating for her.

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact social norms have on gender roles. Social norms can be described as group views of how affiliates should behave in a certain perspective (Baron, 2009). Gender roles are the behavioral norms that are considered appropriate for either males or females in a social or personal relationship (Baron, 2009). This inquiry will test the influence social norms has on gender roles in marriage. There will be a total of 100 college students who will participate in a correlational study, 50% female and 50% male, with an average age of 20 years. College students will be asked to complete a five-minute survey on cultural background and how they view gender roles in a marriage and participate in a twenty-minute focus group. This study will test the following hypothesis: Students who are most likely to have a traditional cultural upbringing will repeat more submissive gender role stereotypical marriages, than students who had a liberal upbringing. Traditional cultural upbringing can be described as conforming to conventional norms based on observational learning. Liberal upbringing is based on non-limited, views, laws and restrictions. The independent variable is the student’s cultural upbringing and the dependent variable is how they view gender roles in marriages.

This essay aims to show a comparison between the differences between both female short-term mating strategies and female long-term mating strategies. It will explore the evolution of psychology that has shown reasons for human mating and how these reasons go above and beyond the general idea of physical attractiveness and love. This essay will identify how mate preferences have evolved and further identify psychological mechanisms that women have used to select their mates over the past. This essay will compare and critically discuss the differences and outline them between female short-term mating strategies and female long-term mating

Dating focused on consumption. Couples would attend the movies or go dancing, but with the shift in focus, couples entered dating into the public sphere. Because they could leave the watchful eyes of the family at home, many couples would spend the evening out in the town going to a movie or a restaurant. Public appearance increased the male control because it allowed them to be both host and the economic benefactor of their date. The home was were the woman would have had control, but in public, the male was the dominant figure based on societal standards. Often the female was dependent on the male for transportation, food, and entertainment. This increased control led to dating being a way to obtain popularity.

However, once the questions became racier the difference between men’s and women’s responses was highlighted. In the experiment held only six percent of women said yes to a visit to a random man’s apartment, when about sixty-nine percent of men were eager to say yes. This also doesn’t seem to be a surprise because most guys feel safer going to a random girl’s apartment then vice versa. When the third question was asked and casual sex was requested, no women said yes, but about seventy-five percent of men accepted the proposal without second thought. The men who declined the offer all gave an excuse to justify the rejection such as stating they are married or currently is in a relationship. Women, on the contrary, denied the requests with quick responses such as “What is wrong with you?” or “leave me alone.” The results show that women become highly grossed out when asked the third question and not one felt the urge to say yes.

It is well-known that diversity is common amongst individuals as each varies in their physical appearances, personality, values and beliefs. A person’s individuality can be shaped through many factors such as cognitive process, biological process, psychological origins of attraction, social perspective attributions, etc. Cognitive origins of attraction is the acquiring and understanding of thoughts and senses and the perceptions of the individual’s own experiences. Biological process is the idea in which sexual attraction (for the purpose of gene survival) is the driving force behind choosing a partner (Charles Darwin). Psychological origins of attraction assumes that people are more likely to be attracted tit e individuals who are perceived to be similar to themselves. Social perspective attributions is the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behaviour in social situations. Due to these many factors, each decision an individual makes is different from that of another. This individuality is relied upon when a person chooses others to form a relationship with, including a romantic one. The following studies/research have been provided to explore whether the differences in gender and the types processes may have an effect on decision-making when multiple options are available.

Critique: I found this essay to be enlightening in several ways. Not only was the information presented in an organized way, but it was also very interesting. I agree with the author’s statements about the trials and tribulations of relationships, and I find myself agreeing most with his biological theory of attraction. I especially liked the psychological direction of the essay, as it remained fairly objective and scientific while still presenting new and different ideas as witnessed by his inclusion of historical facts with the addition of his own unique analysis and commentary

When we look at gender, we look at the social norms that are associated with, within each gender. Each gender has an individual way of communicating. Women talk about things guys would not understand, and we see males talk about things that females would not ever think of talking about. We live in a society where women have to be polite and not vulgar. On the other hand, it is considered okay for men to talk in a vulgar or impolite way. For example, in a school setting, if a girl said something inappropriate, a teacher might scold her for her behavior. But if a boy said something impolite, a teacher might brush it off and say, “Boys will be boys”. A time where I have witnessed men and women displaying different idiolects would be a personal

Interpersonal communication has a significant effect on individuals when looking to spark future romance. It demonstrates how people interact with one another, and while communication is key, it sometimes even sparks and attraction or interest which may lead to a potential romance. Based on our in class textbook, some of the factors why we form relationships are; appearance, similarity, complementarity, rewards, competency, proximity, and disclosure. (Ronald B. Adler) Initiating relationships are not always easy, and it’s not always love at first sight, but appearance does play a role in starting a relationship or not.

In his short article “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus,” excerpted from his book by the same name, John Gray argues that women and men are psychologically wired different. He asserts that women have a nurturing disposition,value relationships, and personal expression while men are goal-oriented, efficient problem solvers, and acquire a technological viewpoint on the world. In addition to those differences, both genders have different perspectives on dating. Women idealize romance and the quality of their partner whereas the focus of men tend to be the quantity of women they gain and the physical characteristics of the women.

relationships or romantic love. “Who’s Chasing Whom? The Impact of Gender and Relationship Status on Mate Poaching” by Jessica Parker and Melissa Burkley is a study developed to see is women are more interested in men in relationships. It is said that “all good men are taken” but is this because people think taken men are perceived as good? The purpose of this study if women are more likely than mean to be attracted to someone in a relationship already. The participant’s relationship status is also taken into consideration. This tendency to pursue someone who is already

The research method used for this was an experiment by observing and collecting data from over 500 students during a speed-dating event. The dependent variables in this experiment are the attractiveness and intelligence scores after each date. While the independent variables would be each individual’s attractiveness or intelligence levels.

The author studies how the preferences of humans to turn their head to the right, rather than to the left, since birth may influence the way they foster their visual development. This effect on visual development may, in turn, impact other forms of right-sidedness. The author presents his observations of head-turning behaviors of kissing couples to claim that humans have the right-sided head-turning preference from birth to adulthood. The author aims to further establish the notion that the head-turning asymmetry may explain various right-sided asymmetries. The data was gathered through observing the initial head movements of kissing couples in public areas. After collecting the data, the author performed a chi-squared test with one degree of freedom at a 5 percent significance level. Based on this test, the author concludes that the data collected is

Evidence from a speed-dating study, the main topic of this study's focus is on the factors of attraction. This experiment isn’t like most, they chose to have little control over it. They thought speed dating would be an interesting study. This study is showing that these limitations do exist. A strength would be having a barely controlled study would be a different way to get results and they could come out even better. A weakness would be speed dating may not be the best way to get answers about attraction because it’s so unpredictable. (Luo, Zhang,

In our society today a person can often look around a room of people and see nothing but the top of their heads, along with their eyes staring down at lit up screen filled with tremendous possibilities. One thing you doubtfully will view is everyone surrounding talking to each other making kinship with in their proximity. Instead, making connections through their phones. In the article written by Nancy Jo Sales “Tinder and the Dawn of the“Dating Apocalypse””, Sales speaks of the dating culture of the current twenty-first century and her views on how online dating has affected thus creating a sort of “Dating Apocalypse”. In the culture of intimacy may it be consciously or subconsciously people are seeking love and security in their lives through hookups and technological dating cites such as Tinder.