Gender

This week in Family Relations there was special emphasis placed on gender, their influences or roles and their behavioral tendencies. In examining females, we identified their tendencies as emotionally aware, expressive, and relationship oriented. These things all contribute to the feminine roles of nurturing, serving, and emotionally connecting. The male tendencies of aggression, spacial cognition, and task orientation likewise assist them in the masculine roles of providing, presiding, and protecting. It was very interesting to learn about gender and the psychological differences that make sense of gender roles. It brought even greater understanding and importance to the idea behind marriage between a man and woman. God has ordained marriage of this kind for a reason; the perfect balance and completion that come from the union of a male and female can be achieved in no other setting.