Biology

Since my POE is in Biology, and I am taking Dr. Widman’s Biopsychology class this semester, I was very interested in his discussion today.  He presented us with a vast amount of informational studies.  I did not realize how much research has studied sex and behavior.  I do believe that a good portion of who we are is based off of biology.  Dr. Widman confirmed much of that today with his knowledge in that area.  I found it fascinating how the hypothalamus and corpus callosum differ in males and females.  I didn’t realize that there are differences in heterosexual and homosexual males in the nuclei.  This information should make homosexuality more acceptable in the eyes of society.  Sometimes I think we forget that we are animals, highly evolved but animals all the more.  Most of the time women are looking for providers, and men are looking for beauty and fecundity.  We are prodigies of Darwin’s natural selection.  We choose who we want to produce offspring with, and we select the mate who we think will be most successful.  Obviously in our progressive society these roles are not the same in each family.  While both of my parents work, they are great about balancing their work life and our family life. I believe that we should not allow our sex to determine our gender roles, but we should understand the biological differences between males and females.  It is critical to learn as much about our behavior as possible, and in doing so, we need to be conscientious of both biology and social construction.