gender and culture

Question 1

What is the difference between sex and gender?

Answer 1

Sex: a person’s biological sex. The anatomy of an individual’s reproductive system, and secondary sex characteristics.
Gender: social roles based on the sex of the person or personal identification of one’s own gender based on an internal awareness.

Question 2

What culturally constructs gender?

Answer 2

Gender is culturally constructed by:
The symbols associated with gender.
Examples: pink and blue clothing, ‘the left’
The classifications of what is inherently male or female.
Some cultures minimize these; others emphasize them
The relative values of gender.
Some cultures see genders as equals; others value one over the other ex. primogeniture
Behaviour patterns
Examples: what activities are ‘appropriate

Question 3

Define, Primogeniture

Answer 3

Primogeniture: the right of the firstborn legitimate son to inherit his parent’s entire or main estate, in preference of a child other than the eldest male, a daughter, illegitimate child or a collateral relative.
a system of inheritance in which a person’s property passes to their firstborn legitimate child upon their death.

Question 4

Define, toxic masculinity

Answer 4

-Toxic Masculinity: refers to traditional cultural masculine norms that can be harmful to men, women, and society overall
- is a set of certain male behaviors associated with harm to society and men themselves

Question 5

What does, third gender mean?

Answer 5

Third gender refers to a category of people who do not identify as male or female, but rather as neither, both, or a combination of male and female genders.

Question 6

What does, two-spirited mean?

Answer 6

Indigenous Peoples adopted the term two-spirited to refer to those of an alternate gender.
-“Two-spirit” refers to a person who identifies as having both a masculine and a feminine spirit,

Question 7

Provide examples of alternate gender roles.

Answer 7

Intersex: individuals born with any of several variations in sex characteristics (including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals) that do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies.
Transgender: Individuals who do not identify with their sex assigned at birth.
Gender Fluid: A changing or “fluid” gender identity.
Genderqueer: Individuals who do not identify or express their gender within the gender binary.