Gender Influences Identity

• Gender influences identity as it is a linked to socialisation & cultural expectations
• Gender socialization reinforces and perpetuates gender roles, stereotypes, and expectations in society
• Gender is deemed as culturally relative - For example, its linked to Margaret Mead's study on the male & female behaviour & their gender expectations
• Gender can be seen as the dominant source of identity as it can impact life chances, the way you're portrayed to others & how able you may appear within certain situations