How culture plays a part in gender differences:
Chinese culture-
In traditional Chinese culture, the man is above the woman in the social hierarchy and the problem has been made worse since the Communist government in China has initiated the one-child pregnancy. Age old beliefs have made it so families want their only child to be a boy so they can carry on the family name. This has basically disregarded the relevance for a woman in the society besides to carry the baby boy (hopefully a boy), and doing motherly things like cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the baby. The men are the bread winners and the providers.
Source:
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/social-culture-china-16258.html
American culture-
We learn to behave by looking at those around us. People are introduced to gender roles that are typically linked to their biological sex. Men should be dominant, aggressive, and strong and women should be passive and nurturing. This all is learned so young in life like when boys are immediately dressed in blue and girls in pink. Men and women are seen as equals now in the country, but they used to not be and can do whatever they want to do.
Source:
https://www.boundless.com/psychology/textbooks/boundless-psychology-textbook/gender-and-sexuality-15/introduction-to-gender-and-sexuality-75/gender-roles-and-differences-296-12831/
Sexual Education throughout the world:
China- Sex education has been very much a mystery to everyone in China. With children having to rely on their friends or pornography to learn more about it. Some teenagers in China know more about it than their parents even. In 2008, China implemented a new sexual education program where students learn basic things about puberty, health, and physical growth. Including learning about where they came from which has been a mystery for them for their whole life.
U.S.- Sex education in the U.S. is very basic and teaches about STD's, puberty, safe sex, and birth. It is very surface level and doesn't get into how to put into practice what the students have learned. Also it is modified depending on the age of the students and changes as they get older to teach them more in depth about sexual education.
I think I prefer the way the U.S teaches sexual education better for the fact that it isn't so early forced down the student's throat like it is in China at second grade. Students need to be mature when they learn about these kind of things or they won't understand what they are learning about at all. Also the teaching methods are a lot more nice in the U.S. China uses inappropriate children's illustrated books to show the process of sex and such and the United states' is a lot more friendly about their methods.
Sources:
-- http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-policies-on-sex-education-in-schools.aspx
-- http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/progress-or-pornography
Chinese culture-
In traditional Chinese culture, the man is above the woman in the social hierarchy and the problem has been made worse since the Communist government in China has initiated the one-child pregnancy. Age old beliefs have made it so families want their only child to be a boy so they can carry on the family name. This has basically disregarded the relevance for a woman in the society besides to carry the baby boy (hopefully a boy), and doing motherly things like cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the baby. The men are the bread winners and the providers.
Source:
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/social-culture-china-16258.html
American culture-
We learn to behave by looking at those around us. People are introduced to gender roles that are typically linked to their biological sex. Men should be dominant, aggressive, and strong and women should be passive and nurturing. This all is learned so young in life like when boys are immediately dressed in blue and girls in pink. Men and women are seen as equals now in the country, but they used to not be and can do whatever they want to do.
Source:
https://www.boundless.com/psychology/textbooks/boundless-psychology-textbook/gender-and-sexuality-15/introduction-to-gender-and-sexuality-75/gender-roles-and-differences-296-12831/
Sexual Education throughout the world:
China- Sex education has been very much a mystery to everyone in China. With children having to rely on their friends or pornography to learn more about it. Some teenagers in China know more about it than their parents even. In 2008, China implemented a new sexual education program where students learn basic things about puberty, health, and physical growth. Including learning about where they came from which has been a mystery for them for their whole life.
U.S.- Sex education in the U.S. is very basic and teaches about STD's, puberty, safe sex, and birth. It is very surface level and doesn't get into how to put into practice what the students have learned. Also it is modified depending on the age of the students and changes as they get older to teach them more in depth about sexual education.
I think I prefer the way the U.S teaches sexual education better for the fact that it isn't so early forced down the student's throat like it is in China at second grade. Students need to be mature when they learn about these kind of things or they won't understand what they are learning about at all. Also the teaching methods are a lot more nice in the U.S. China uses inappropriate children's illustrated books to show the process of sex and such and the United states' is a lot more friendly about their methods.
Sources:
-- http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-policies-on-sex-education-in-schools.aspx
-- http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/progress-or-pornography