What is the difference/s between feminism and gender?

Question

I would like some views conceptually and some good references to determine the differences

Answer 1

Feminism is someone who could be a man or woman, who thinks that a woman has all these rights and that a woman is *ALL THAT*, etc, and a TRUE female is someone who is gentle, loving, and caring who will take care of raising her children and care for herself, those around her, her family, husband and not put herself first, OR last, but in the middle and be BALANCED.

Answer 2

Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerned with the experiences of women. Most feminists are especially concerned with social, political and economic inequality between men and women; some have argued that gendered and sexed identities, such as "man" and "woman," are socially constructed. Feminists differ over the sources of inequality, how to attain equality, and the extent to which gender and gender-based identities should be questioned and critiqued. In simple terms, feminism is the belief in social, political and economic equality of the sexes and the movement organised around the belief that gender should not be the pre-determinant factor shaping a person's social identity, or socio-political or economic rights.

Feminist political activists commonly campaign on issues such as reproductive rights, including the right to safe, legal abortion, access to contraception, quality prenatal care, violence within a domestic partnership, maternity leave, equal pay, sexual harassment, street harassment, discrimination and rape. Many feminists today argue that feminism is a grass-roots movement that seeks to cross boundaries based on social class, race, culture and religion. They also argue that an effective feminist movement should be culturally specific and address issues relevant to the women of the society in question such as female genital cutting, or "clitorectomies", in Africa and the Middle East and the "glass ceiling" issue in developed economies. They also debate the extent to which certain issues such as rape, incest and mothering are universal. Themes explored in feminism include patriarchy, stereotyping, objectification, sexual objectification and oppression.

The word gender describes the state of being male, female, or neither. Some languages have a system of grammatical gender (also known as noun classes); while a noun may be described as "masculine" or "feminine" by convention, this has no necessary connection to the natural gender of the thing described. Likewise, a wide variety of phenomena may have gendered characteristics ascribed to them, either by analogy to male and female bodies, such as with the gender of connectors and fasteners, or due to social norms. In social sciences, the word "gender" is sometimes used in contrast to biological sex, to emphasise a social, cultural or psychological dimension. The discipline of gender studies investigates the nature of sex and gender in a social context.

Answer 3

i think feminism WAS about equal rights, to pay, to position, to treatment, as men have.

however, nowadays most women don't understand that, and feel that feminism is equating Sexual "rights" with what men have (as in, dating and having sex w/ as many partners as possible)

sigh.. i know that the real feminists from back in the day are turning in their graves!!

the gender of women, is not the same as man; we are DIFFERENT. our roles and natural instincts are very different, and yet Equally AS IMPORTANT. i'd say the female gender tends to excel in a Nurturing, Supporting, Home Maker, Children Bearing, Family Raising kind of way. the male gender tends to excel in a Bread Winner, Head of Household, Decision Maker kind of way. each person has their roles, and if they are done correctly, and appreciated by each other, things work.

in this day and age, where sometimes men are the home maker and women are the bread winner, it makes no difference: u still have to apprciate each other's roles, and Equate the importance of Both. staying home does NOT mean u do nothing.

Answer 4

Feminism is only about ladies and by gender we can differentiate both.