I think that gender identity is more socially constructed than biological. If biology played a major role than we would expect to find men and women's roles similar everywhere. However, that is not the case. In different cultures all over the world we see that some societies have similar roles for men and women and some, like America, have very different roles. Based on how males and females are perceived in a society, the society socially constructs gender roles. We see every day how babies are introduced to social roles in America. Girls wear pink and play with dolls, boys wear blue and play with trucks. Parents reinforce children who follow what is expected of them and are punished when they do not follow those roles.
What is harder to explain would be homosexuals. I believe that homosexuality is biology based and many homosexuals go against social norms for gender. They have a hard time being who they are and dealing with the problems that society has with them. I think that gays and lesbians go through a different gender construction. They cannot follow the majority of society and so I think that they turn to each other to learn roles.
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