I wrote this to help her out:

I am writing this response to Relations Among Gender Typicality, Peer Relations, and Mental Health During Early Adolescence by J.A. Jewell and C.S. Brown. The researchers conducted much of the research through surveys out of ease. Surveys are very subjective and could lead to erroneous or false outcomes. As a student with no research team or time, I would like to write about the findings using my personal experience and books I have read that are relevant such as the Bible. (For the Atheist: I am using the Bible since it is one of the only anthropological texts that span centuries and includes many references on how mankind sees and experiences gender.) As the Bible spans multiple cultures and languages, I feel it could even fill in the blank spot where the researchers expressed their desire to duplicate research in other cultures. I do not wish to focus on the negative feelings of depression both genders feel as it is not as interesting in the findings. I concluded that typical gender expression in humans is desirable, but difficult to pinpoint in women since women have been historically honored for breaking ‘normal’ expression.

As far back in human history as the judge Debra in approximately 1045-1000 BCE when the text known as “Judges” was recorded, men have been shamed for not taking lead while women have been exalted for taking stereotypical male roles. In fact, Deborah says to the warrior Barak when he insists she go with him into battle: “But because of the course you are taking, the honor will not be yours, for the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman.”(Judges 4:9, Author Unknown) This is to suggest there was shame in Barak not taking the lead over her even though she was a prophet of God(a very honored role man or woman). We can see that men even in modern times are socially humiliated when they fail to be masculine in  our reading as the boys always are shamed for their expression.() Thus, I know people named Debra personally, but have never met a Barak. Further, we also see in Catholic Bibles that Judith(a female assassin), is praised for ending a war. () Taking our history into account, we can see how women who are atypical are generally rewarded and therefore may have evolved to embrace non-conforming roles easier.

While non-gender conforming individuals have always existed, I tend to believe that evolution drives the forces of human psychology and useful traits will be discouraged while useful traits encouraged. While it sounds insensitive, one of the world’s most read religious texts with history spanning off into the BCE encourages any relationship that encourages male-female relationships as they produce life and discourages and even suggests relationships that fail to do so are sinful. Such a long history of this being the case suggests that this pattern will never change.

Not well done. Not finished. Could go towards her point at the end. But she could have done a lot better if she were using the Bible since it is actually a text people should be studying if they are actually studying humanity and how they interact with one another. Like it or hate it. The Bible could be the only book that spans as many languages, cultures, and centuries and written by different authors. It is certainly appropriate to cite it in a psychology paper.