Atypical gender development

Question 1

What is a limitation of the biological explanation?

Answer 1

Flawed evidence
Hulschoff looked at transgender individuals and found that there was changes in BST size during treatment
-The studies by ZHouls and Krutijver looked at postmoterm/ after hormone treatment so any differences may have been due to treatment not biological

Question 2

What is a strength of the biological explanation

Answer 2

Research has found support for other brain differences
-Rametti found that those with GD had white brain matter that corresponded with the gender they identified with

Question 3

What is a strength of the social explanations

Answer 3

SUpport for social constructionism as it can explain why some cultures have more than 2 genders e.g the fa’afine of Samoa
-Rise in non-binary people also shows gender is socially constructed

Question 4

What is a limiattion of social explanation

Answer 4

Psychoanalytical theory doesnt explain atypical gender development in females e.g transgender males
-Rekers argues that the absence of a father may be a larger factor in male GD rather than seperation from mother