Gender cognitive theory pays attention to the interaction between internal motivation and the external world in the formation of gender characteristics.

1. Gender cognitive theory.

Constructivism believes that gender includes biological sex and social gender. Biological gender is sex, which is the difference in the physiological structure of men and women, the difference in primary and secondary sexual characteristics, and is innate. of.

Gender refers to the physical, behavioral and personality characteristics that a group identifies as a normal male or female. It is a social difference based on biological sex. Gender is an acquired cultural construct. People learn to become a male or female through social interactions after birth. It is acquired and is the result of long-term education and influence from family and society.

Gender cognition is the understanding of one’s own gender, including the understanding of one’s physical and social attributes, whether one is physically male or female, and the role that men or women should play in society. Have your own set of standards or opinions. Regarding gender cognition, various theoretical schools have also been formed in the academic community, including biological determinism, Marx's theory of gender equality, symbolic interactionism, etc.

2. Education’s shaping of gender roles.

From the related theories of gender cognition, we can see the impact of cognition on gender equality, and what causes this cognition is the cultural environment in which people live. Education is a kind of conditioning that can shape a specific cultural environment. People in this cultural environment have similar or identical cognitions. In modern society, people can receive education through three channels: family and school. ,society. Next, I will explore how these three pathways shape gender cognition.