Theorizing Gender and Cultural Expectations

Due to the importance of gender in our lives and how it affects most if not all the tiny details in our daily experiences, many scholars have been trying to put under the scope of this important variable, and tried to figure out the root origins of it, each one of them from his/her point of view starting from the biological differences till socialization, and its power in affecting our behaviors and inciting people to behave and follow a certain set of rules. this article tries to expose nearly most of the existing approaches dealing with gender. Starting from the biological, psychological, Psychological, Social, cognitive, the Behaviorist, and Social Cognitive theories.