sex is biological differens meaning male and female. The same is for gender, but gender is mental and psycological differens, but i can't understand this idea fully, can you help?
2006-06-09 19:40:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
most languages require us to be masculine or feminine in our speech this is genderfication of speech
also we think of things as masculine or feminine depending on what they are
etc...
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2006-06-09 19:45:51 · answer #1 · answered by msqtech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, the Oxford Dictionary definition, then my personal interpretation of it.
1. the state of being male or female (chiefly in cultural or social contexts)
2. You're right, sex is the biological difference at birth of people (penis and gonads/vagina and ovaries). Gender, however, is usually defined by two things. One is the difference between how men and women are treated in society. I've been studying in Japan for a while now, and the things that are generally accepted as "feminine" or "masculine" can be very different depending on culture. The other is a person's "gender Identity." This makes it that much more complicated, I don't completely get it either, but I'll try to explain what I understand. Gender identity usually comes into the discussion along with transgender and/or transsexual people. Trangender people often think that their physical sex is not the same as their psychological/emotional/spiritual gender. Example: A person, born male, who sees himself as a female gendered person. This might mean that this person dresses as a woman, acts in ways that the surrounding culture considers "feminine," and perhaps even so far as sexual reassignment surgery. Hope it helps.
2006-06-10 02:57:47 · answer #2 · answered by shinooniisan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gender used to just be a way of saying sex and differentiating between intercourse and male/female.
But now it applies in more than one way i.e. gender roles. (Whether you dress or act like a man or a woman). This is actually a different idea, but the same word is used because it is a linked idea.
2006-06-10 03:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by guest 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles is called gender
2006-06-10 02:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gender is the sex-role that you perform or act in.
Sex is the biologic characteristic (XX or XY).
2006-06-10 02:44:37 · answer #5 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just means male or female
2006-06-10 02:47:11 · answer #6 · answered by rqtpie19 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gender and sex is the same thing
2006-06-10 02:44:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Gender' is what people have when they suffer from Sexual Identity Disfunction.
2006-06-10 02:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋