Sociology of Gender and Sex Roles

Biological traits used to categorize people as male or female, often based on chromosomes, genitalia, or other physical characteristics.

Societal expectations and meanings attached to being male or female, including roles, behaviors, and identities.

People whose biological sex aligns with their gender identity.

People whose biological sex does not align with their gender identity.

Variations on sex definitions related to ambiguous genitalia, gonads, sex organs, chromosomes, or hormones.

A person's internal sense of being a man, woman, both, neither, or somewhere else on the gender spectrum.

Tasks and functions typically associated with men and women in a society.

societal expectations about the tasks and responsibilities for men and women.

People who identify with multiple gender positions, or do not identify with any specific gender.

A gender identity that is not exclusively male or female.

A gender identity that fluctuates or shifts over time.

A gender identity that does not identify with any specific gender.

Sexual attraction, practices, and identity.

Lack of sexual attraction.

Cultures that recognize non-binary gender identities.

Sex refers to biological traits (chromosomes, genitalia), while gender refers to societal expectations and meanings about being male or female.

A person whose biological sex aligns with their gender identity.

A person whose biological sex does NOT align with their gender identity.

Variations on sex definitions related to ambiguous physical traits.

People who identify with multiple or no specific gender.

A gender identity that is not exclusively male or female.

A person's internal, deeply held sense of being a man, woman, both, neither, or somewhere else on the gender spectrum.

Societal expectations about tasks and responsibilities for men and women.

Sexual attraction, practices, and identity.

Lack of sexual attraction.

Cultures that recognize non-binary gender identities.

A gender identity that fluctuates or shifts over time.

A gender identity that does not identify with any specific gender.

Industrialization and globalization have led to the convergence of societal expectations of male/female roles in many cultures.

Modernity has created more pronounced gender inequality within family life.