SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Evolutionism, Social Evolution, Monogenism
21 Oct 2014
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Sex refers to the biological characteristics of women and men. Ones biological status as either male or female. Is associated primarily with physical attributes (chromosomes, hormone prevalence, and external and internal anatomy) Gender refers to the roles and characteristics society assigns to women and men, and carries within it notions of inequality between the two. Germany, australia has 3rd gender options on passports indeterminate/ unspecified . Transgender is an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associate with the sex to which they were assigned at birth. Gender identity refers to a person"s internal sense of being. Gender is centrally important to our sense of self- who we are, how we behave and how others interact with us. Gender inequality cuts across class, ethnic, racial, religious lines. To be gendered means that one gender will be prevalent whether in the context of work or education.
