Gender: Gender And Social Construction Of Gender

Society has been created around two separate genders, male or female. People have been uneducated on the fact that gender is more than just being a male or woman. Lorber argues that much of what we consider to be gender has no place in the natural order of things. Social construction is not something that is natural in the world, but is invented in society over time. Our gender identity can be influenced from ethnicity of a group, their historical and cultural background, or family values and religion. Gender differences can be found in construction of roles, relations, and identity. It's questionable about how we learn two genders to begin with, or how humans become to learn about their genders and others as well, how to use their gender in

Often people confuse or misuse the terms gender and sex. Gender and sex are very much embedded into each other that, many often mistaken them for the same. In reality, they are different words that have different meanings and interpretations. Biologically there are two types of reproductive genital organs that determine sex; the vagina and penis. Sex is about the physical difference in men and women bodies due to difference in gene and chromosomes. Gender is a created by a continuous process of teaching, learning and enforcement by generations over generations (Lorber, 56). It’s a social construct that is influenced by culture and society that defines man-woman relationships that can change. Sex is the biological category and gender is the sociology category. Gender construction starts from birth. We first get an assignment to a sex based on what our genitalia looks like at birth. From there, babies are dressed based on their sex so they wouldn’t be questioned whether they were female or male. A sex category becomes gender status through naming, dressing, and other uses of gender

Women are more likely than men to be presented at home in advertisements or associated with domestic products like body wash and makeup. For example, you won't see a man in a Maybelline commercial or a woman in a home depot commercial. Overall, there’s clear evidence that portrayals of men and women in advertising are not equal but instead show beliefs about appropriate gender roles and gender stereotypes. Whether these trends in advertising simply reflect the values of the time or actively shape them, it’s clear on how men and women are presented in