Years from now, I will still remember the psychological aspects of males and females. I found learning of biological and evolutionary psychology to be the articulation of concepts I had already observed in relationships, family life, and society. Innate personality differences, maternal and paternal tendencies, reproductive behaviors, and many observable behaviors from human biological history are extremely prevalent, even more so upon learning more in-depth why there are prevalent.
One example is a females "picky" behavior when selecting a mate. The nine month gestation period creates a biological drive to select an appropriate mate who will remain with the woman bearing child. Other traits factoring into a woman's picky behavior include physically appealing traits. Physical size and build appeal so a male could serve as protection from predators. Physical attributes also appeal, because there is a biological drive for both males and females to seek out the best desirable traits to pass along to their offspring.
Another aspect of the psychology of gender differences is the way that infants are treated. Gender stereotypes are applied to infants early in life, before gender characteristics have hardly developed. Language and tone of voice used when addressing an infant greatly reflect gender stereotypes, and gender expectations.
Awareness of these psychological topics is important to me. I think sexism starts at a young age, and deeply imbedded psychological aspects of genderism and sexism greatly impact the perpetuation of stereotypes and societal norms of female and male.
The Psychology of Female and Male
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As a male, learning about this stuff gave me a larger drive to work out/be kind. :).
I like what the guy above me said, being a guy I want to prove this wrong in a way. Now I do agree women probably put more effort into choosing a mate but that doesn't mean that men don't at all. Women have to be more careful as they are attributed with the children more than men but guys can't just pick anyone either. You see it in society, if you just have a kid with someone, not caring who it is problems can occur. But as a guy I also thought about being better about how I come across to people.
I completely agree with you that the concepts of males and females are interesting. I do think women are looking for men with more money, which means they can provide better life standard. Men are seeking women who are beautiful at the same time.
I am also interested in the stereotypes. I didn't like dolls when I was a little girl, but my mom's friends kept giving me dolls as gifts. Actually, I preferred playing with my cousin's toy cars. People just assume that girls like dolls and fairy tales while boys like toy cars and transformers.
The idea that males and females select the opposite sex based on a different set of values is very interesting. It does make sense though. Why would a woman want to sleep around with men who won't be able to provide and protect for her child. The same thing goes for men. Besides personality, why would a successful, physically attractive man want to select a woman who doesn't provide good child bearing traits in order for him to pass along his traits. I really find this stuff interesting because it is an evolutionary idea that we can still see today.
I agree that these concepts we learned about were very interesting and i will remember them for years to come. I am going to school to become a marriage and family counselor, so these topics are important aspects that are helpful for me to know about. I took a different class last semester that we also talked about seeking out a mate who has benefical characteristics for us to pass down to our children. Me only being 19 years old and a freshman in college makes me really wonder how i am looking for that in men, but it has been proven true.