Responde to these two peer comments with thoughts questions concerns agree/disagree regarding this post:

Give at least two examples of how stereotypes and gender role classification play into biological, social, or cognitive theories. Which do you think is the most powerful in the formation of gender identity?

1. I found the cognitive theory especially interesting. In Gender Schema Theory we explore our identity through "internal motivated by rewards, punishment to conform sociocultural standards and stereotypes"(Santrock,2018). I thought of bill paying. Yes, traditional males may have provided the income, however, women actually paid the bills and did the accounting. There was negative feedback from the adults when my mother went to work from my father. Yet again traditional masculine male expectation that he was a failure who could not allow his wife to work. It did not take me long to recognize the insecurities and lack of trust within my parents' marriage due to a lot of things, gender being one of them.

2. One example I have for social role theory is the stereotype that men are better at mathematics and science related fields, where women are better at classes like English and history. This also then further aides into the stereotype that men tend to hold jobs in these "harder" or "more difficult fields" that relate to these topics. Where women are more nurturing and caring where English and history topics tend to be better fitted fields for women. An example for social cognitive theory is if a boy is playing with his sister's barbies, his parents yell at him because "those toys are for girls, and not boys." This can then transpire to these kids going to school and spreading these kinds of messages to their peers as well. Even furthering gender role problems and stereotypes. When it comes to theories, I think that social theories tend to have the most powerful formation on gender identity, especially in adolescence. This is because family and peers have a huge impact at this age. Therefore they are constantly observing others behaviors, things people are saying to others or to them, and acting based on those things. The idea is they want to find an identity that fits in and belongs, so they often mirror what they see as socially acceptable. A majority of these mirrored behaviors are often first observed from he parents and then played out at school between peers. For instance for the social cognitive theory, if we weren't punished or rewarded in regard to how we "should behave" based on our gender, we wouldn't have any ideas like "boys don't play with barbies", or "girls aren't supposed to like cars."