sex and gender

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March 9, 2013

 

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The term sex is biological, it refers to a persons anatomy, whereas gender is socially constructed by our environment, it is seen as a pattern of behaviours, these behaviours are known as feminine or masculine which are learned. Gender is seen as ‘every society expects men and women to behave differently to various degrees (Holmes et al, 2003) based on their sex, which agrees with ‘one is not born, but rather becomes a woman’...
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Sociologists have ‘distinguished between sex and gender as it means they are able to explore the social features of gender’ (Holmes et al, 2003). Gender is socially constructed from the moment a child is born; their sex decides how they will be treated (Holmes et al, 2003). Boys are treated more roughly for example, not comforted as much when they hurt themselves to develop masculinity...
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