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Gender And Locality As Factors Influencing Assertive Behaviour Among Adolescents
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Of the 46 chromosomes in the human
genome, 45 are unisex (Harris, 1998). Female and male are therefore
similar in many physical and traits, such as age of setting teething,
and walking. They are also alike in many psychological traits, such as
overall vocabulary, certainty, intelligence, self-esteem, and happiness.
Actually, there are some differences and it is this difference, not the
many similarities that capture attention and make news. Researchers in
the main stream sociological tradition exemplified by Limp-man Blumen
(1984) have argued that people first acquire gender through
socialization in childhood. It has been argued kin a large number of
studies that boys act differently toward girls from birth onward. In the
first 24 hours after birth, according to one study, parents described
boys as more alert stronger and firmer and girls as less attentive,
weaker, and more fragile, this go a long way in determining the behavior
of the child in all aspect of his or her development including
assertiveness. Gender is virtually assessed in every study that
evaluated treatment, retention and outcome (Berrigan & Garfield,
1981). People expect woman to behave unassertively. Women also avoid
behaviors that do not fit “the feminine role and when they do engage in
“masculine assertiveness†they are likely to encounter disbelief or even
hostility from others. Woman tends to be very agreeable be cause they
want to have good social support and they may be hard to achieve
consensus. Men and women speak different (Tannen, 1990).Men tends to be
more aggressive speakers than women (Poynton, 1995) and women tend to be
more polite (Newcombe & Arnkoft, 1970). Because of this difference,
woman tends to be judged lower in assertiveness than men (Cakoft,
1975). The alternate perspective emphasized that powerless speech styles
are used by both genders. When one has little central or power over a
task, one may become uncomfortable performing the task, and this may end
up speaking in a powerless style (Wheelam & Verdi, 1991). According
to Colman (2003) he defines gender as “non-technically synonym for sex,
especially in feminist psychology, the behavioral, social, and cultural
attributes associated with sexâ€. Moreso, Cherlin (1999) construed
gender as the social and cultural characteristics that distinguish women
and men in the society. Therefore, being assertive will be subjected
under this factor to investigate how it differs or manifest in these two
different individuals. Behavioral change due to age is striking
especially changes on physical appearance (Casmir & Auerbach, 1998).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated gender and locality as factors influencing assertive behaviour among adolescents. 92 participants comprising of 48 males and 46 females between the ages of 16-19years with a mean age of 17.42 and standard deviation of 17.42 were sampled. Rathus Assertive Schedule (RAS) was used for data collection. 2 x 2 factorial design was adopted and 2 x 2 F-test was employed to analyze the data. The findings revealed that gender and locality do not significantly determine assertive be ... Continue reading---
