Peers can influence one’s identity greatly. The emergence of mixed-sexed relationships begins, which can have negative and positive outcomes. For example, females start to loose their voice when they interact with mixed sexes because of the need to adapt to society. One the other hand, interaction skills are being learned and expressed by both females and males (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). Adolescent’s decision-making will be impacted by this change. Adolescents, especially females will feel the need to follow others, than find their own identity. There are cultural aspects that create a positive influence on the gender identity process. Regardless of the culture, there will be conflict in adolescence, however each culture will have unique ways of handing each situation. Having this positivity in culture will allow adolescents to bring harmony to themselves and their peers (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). Society has changed their perspective of gender identity slightly by awareness, however there are still unrealistic expectations held for individuals
Peers can influence one’s identity greatly. The emergence of mixed-sexed relationships begins, which can have negative and positive outcomes. For example, females start to loose their voice when they interact with mixed sexes because of the need to adapt to society. One the other hand, interaction skills are being learned and expressed by both females and males (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). Adolescent’s decision-making will be impacted by this change. Adolescents, especially females will feel the need to follow others, than find their own identity. There are cultural aspects that create a positive influence on the gender identity process. Regardless of the culture, there will be conflict in adolescence, however each culture will have unique ways of handing each situation. Having this positivity in culture will allow adolescents to bring harmony to themselves and their peers (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). Society has changed their perspective of gender identity slightly by awareness, however there are still unrealistic expectations held for individuals