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In your research, have you found that any of the gender-specific differences between males and females are also evident based on a person's sexual orientation?

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This solution discusses some beliefs about the origin of gender roles including whether or not some gender specific differences are based on someone' sexual orientation.

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Psychologists generally have disagreed about how children learn gender roles and gender identity. Learning theorists believe they are learned through reinforcement and punishment while cognitive theorists believe that children slowly construct their own understanding of gender specific behavior which ...

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