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Gender Roles and Sexuality: Biology or Culture?
A gender role is all of the things which make up their gender identity; gender identity is the actions and behaviors one takes to present whatever gender (male, female, et cetera) which they choose. Western society sees people's gender roles usually in accordance with biology; biologically people are born with sexual organs making them a certain gender and giving them a certain sexuality. However, there are many other views outside of the United States and Western culture which suggest that gender roles and sexuality are constructed from culture rather than biology. The Polynesian, Thai and Euro-American cultures show how sexual preference is not limited to ones biological body parts and may or may not determine the gender role of any person.
In Polynesia, "Sexual expression, gender relations, and attitudes toward gender diversity are all grounded in the Polynesian cultural emphasis" (Nanda, 2000: 58). The practice of males......

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