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The socialization process undergone by males and females, whether at home or at school play a much stronger role on the shaping of gender roles in addition to personalities. The social learning theory focuses on gender appropriate behaviors along with observations of others being rewarded or punished. There is reason to believe that nurture affects and shapes nature to the point where males and females end up developing different cognitive styles imposed by society. By …

…socialization process affects both females and males. More specifically, males are often trained to fear sounding like a female. As a child, being raised to acquiesce to what is traditionally considered "appropriate" gender-specific behaviors is known to be as hard on males as its on females. So, clearly, gender expectations affect personality manifestations, and the socialization process leading to "appropriate gender roles" can certainly play as strong of a role, if not more, as personalities.