Gender and Society Introduction PDF

GENDER AND SOCIETY INTRODUCTION  At the end of the lesson, you should be able to: a) Distinguish the difference between sex Learning and gender; Objetives b) Identify gender issues in the community; c) Compare and contrast gender realities....

GENDER AND SOCIETY INTRODUCTION  At the end of the lesson, you should be able to: a) Distinguish the difference between sex Learning and gender; Objetives b) Identify gender issues in the community; c) Compare and contrast gender realities.  ❑Sex/Sexuality Basic Concepts ❑Gender/Gender roles “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre  ❖Sex refers to the biological categories ❖Culture has no influence of female and male, on one’s sex. Sex is a relatively stable category categories that is not easily changed, SEX distinguished by although recent technology genes, has allowed people to chromosomes, and change their biological sex. hormones.  Sexuality has to do with the way you identify, how you experience sexual and romantic attraction (if you do), and your interest in and preferences around sexual and romantic relationships and behavior. SEXUALITY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEXUALITY Heterose xual and Homosex ual Bisexual Asexual Transgender Intersex  ❖It is defined as ‘the relations between men and women, both perceptual and material. GENDER Gender is not determined biologically, as a result of sexual characteristics of either women or men, but is constructed socially.  Gender role refers to the expectations that go along with being male versus female. We typically expect men to be strong, independent, and competitive, and to keep their emotions hidden. These are features of the male gender role. By contrast, we typically expect women to be caring, emotionally expressive, polite, and helpful: features of the female gender GENDER ROLES role. In other words, we expect men to be masculine and we expect women to be feminine.