Saturday, May 10, 2014

Introduction to Sociology/Gender

1. Summary

For many people, the terms “gender” and “sex” are interchangeable. This idea has become so common, particularly in western societies, that it is rarely questioned. Yet biological sex and gender are different; gender is not inherently connected to one’s physical anatomy.

Sex is biological and includes physical attributes such as sex chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, internal reproductive structures, and external genitalia. At birth, it is used to identify individuals as male or female.  Gender on the other hand is far more complicated. Along with one’s physical traits, it is the complex interrelationship between those traits and one’s internal sense of self as male, female, both or neither as well as one’s outward presentations and behaviors related to that perception



2. What was interesting/What did you learn

The theories of gender difference was interested. Especially sociobiology's theory.



3. Discussion point

Gender is the socially constructed component. So, could we design our children's gender?





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