GENDER AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR

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The purpose of this course is to examine the lives of boys and girls, including topics such as the development of gender roles, gender comparisons, women and work, love relationships, physical and mental health, and issues in adulthood. There will also be special emphasis placed on patterns of aggressive behavior in males and females. New research has been conducted that emphasized female relational aggression and male physical aggression. Some of these recent research studies will be examined.