According to Nancy Chodorow's Theory of Gender Development, Men Develop

question 79

Multiple Choice

According to Nancy Chodorow's theory of gender development, men develop their sense of masculinity by:

• A) rejecting their closeness to their mothers and learning what is not feminine
• B) developing a gendered self-consciousness
• C) noticing they have a penis
• D) successfully reaching the formal operational stage

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Definitions:

Ribosome

Site of protein synthesis in a cell; composed of proteins and ribosomal RNA (rRNA).

Translation

During gene expression, the process whereby ribosomes use the sequence of codons in mRNA to produce a polypeptide with a particular sequence of amino acids.

Transcription

First stage of gene expression; process whereby a DNA strand serves as a template for the formation of mRNA.

RNAi

Short for RNA interference, a biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression, typically by causing the destruction of specific mRNA molecules.