Gender Deveopment

There are many different theories and views towards gender development, and I believe in today's society these views are greatly different when compared to past ideas. There are four different views; Biological, Social Learning, Cognitive development theory and Gender Theory Schema.
So first, is the Biological view which is basically that a persons gender is determined through physiology such as hormones, or through neurological. I believe that with this viewpoint it is more so physiological than neurological, because depending on hormone levels, a person may have more of a masculine tone to them or a feminine one. And this can be in either both male or female, it is not determined by the sex.
Secondly, is social learning. And this is basically that gender roles are learned through observation and their surroundings. for instance, if a boy is growing up in a family with two older sisters and a single mom, the child is only seeing the feminine side, and so this is how he would learn his role, and build an idea of himself. Thus, the child may be a male, but have more of a feminine gender role.
Next are the two theories than go along with gender development; Cognitive Development theory, which states that a child will come to see the differences between femininity and masculinity and that overtime will be able to distinguish between the two and what makes up each of them. And finally, Gender Schema Theory, which is more of an information process approach, in which a child sees what is the socially accepted schema of gender in their community, and then blends themselves with this concept. This theory has also shown that children meeting the cultural gender expectations have more self esteem.
So, by looking at the different views and theories on gender development, and compare them to present time and in the past, it shows that there are many different views and theories now-a-days when compared to in the past when gender was directly linked to sex. For example, if you were a male you were masculine and a female you were feminine. There wasn't acceptance for a male who was more feminine or a female who was masculine.