Male versus Female Experience

Basic Tenets

Axiom #1

Relationships between male and female are inevitably filtered through the eye of the observer. Men cannot possibly place themselves in the position of women, not having experienced the same physiological and cultural realities.
Women, similarly, cannot possibly "understand" men without having been one and experiencing the world from their perspective.

Axiom #2

Whatever potential there is for forming realistically mutual and understanding relationships between men and women in marriages and partnership, is based on prior human relationships and experiences.

Axiom #3

Relationships between men and women in "Cyberspace" have the same potential for misinterpretation as exists in "real life", only more so.

Gender Identity & Differences: Resources

Here are some perspectives on developmental and social determinants of gender-specific behavior.

About Gender: Gender Roles, Gender Variance, Gender Identity
An online book, still apparently a work in progress, with discussion of everything from social learning theory to psychoanalysis to genetics and physiological development.

Female-Male Differences in Explanations for Leisure Success & Failure
Catherine Morris, Dept. of Recreation and Leisure, University of Utah

The Psychology of Gender

A comprehensive collection of online references, including many huge sites with information and help for men and women searching for answers. One of many social psych topics presented by the Social Psychology Network.

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