THE SEXUAL SELF
Sex: individual’s membership in one of two biologically distinct categories - male and
female.
Gender: physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for
its male and female members.
Hermaphroditic/ Intersexed: having abnormal chromosomal makeup and mixed or
indeterminate male and female sex characteristics.
Essentialism: Gender is purely a natural phenomenon outside of culture and society.
[Male and Female only]
Constructionism: Gender is a social construction and acknowledges the possibility of
more than 2 gender categories.
Gender Inequality:
- Differentiation of treatment based on gender
Perspectives on why Inequality Exists:
- Functionalist [Leads to Order]
- Men play instrumental roles
- Women play expressive role
- Appropriate roles for each gender to maintain order
- Conflict Theorist [Elites maintain hold on society]
- Subjugation of women to subordinate roles benefits men
- Symbolic Interactionist [Culture]
- -culture embedded in society
ARTICLE II STATE POLICIES
The state recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the laws of women and men
- Magna Carta of Women
- CEDAW- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Sex: individual’s membership in one of two biologically distinct categories - male and
female.
Gender: physical, behavioral, and personality traits that a group considers normal for
its male and female members.
Hermaphroditic/ Intersexed: having abnormal chromosomal makeup and mixed or
indeterminate male and female sex characteristics.
Essentialism: Gender is purely a natural phenomenon outside of culture and society.
[Male and Female only]
Constructionism: Gender is a social construction and acknowledges the possibility of
more than 2 gender categories.
Gender Inequality:
- Differentiation of treatment based on gender
Perspectives on why Inequality Exists:
- Functionalist [Leads to Order]
- Men play instrumental roles
- Women play expressive role
- Appropriate roles for each gender to maintain order
- Conflict Theorist [Elites maintain hold on society]
- Subjugation of women to subordinate roles benefits men
- Symbolic Interactionist [Culture]
- -culture embedded in society
ARTICLE II STATE POLICIES
The state recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the laws of women and men
- Magna Carta of Women
- CEDAW- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
