Introduction
What controls human gender identity or sexual orientation? The longstanding debate of nature versus nurture could help to explain human sexual orientation. The aim of this paper is to discuss the roles of biological factors (nature) versus environmental factors (nurture) in explaining gender identity or sexual orientation. This paper will evaluate and give results as to which factor has greater influence on gender identity, nature or nurture. The paper will also discuss the current arguments about gender identity and evidence from biopsychology that may help to resolve the argument (Wickens, 2005).
Definition of gender identity
Ault and Brzuzy (2009) describes gender identity as a ...
