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Gender as a vantage point of critique sociology has been dominated by men: women were invisible within the content of sociology and in the profession of sociology this includes examination of body image, transgressive sexualities, eating disorders and male sexual responsibilities sociologists often refer to the phrase hegemonic masculinity it refers to the dominant form of masculinity in society that espouses men should be strong, assertive, aggressive, self reliant, and free from traditional feminine characteristics social engineering is changing the way we think and act, because of the government one of the earliest developments in thinking about gender was to challenge the idea that gender identity was simply attached to biological identity gender was argued to be distinct from sex gender was believed to be the social construct while sex referred to biological characteristics sociologists regard sexual identity as fluid and diverse this structure is knows as patriarchy.