1.Summary
This article is about gender. This concept remains today as the most powerful belief system in our world, with religion and science.
Sociologists distinguish between gender and sex. Gender represents the perceived or expected social position of a person within a culturally established designation between male and female behavior Sex is an individual, usually based on biological characteristics perceived by medical, religious families and government agencies .
Sociologists divide people with cis sex / gender and trans sex / gender. Cis sex / gender is people who follow the existing concept of sex and gender. For example, a Cis sex / gender male is assigned to a male at birth and tries to stay in this state for the rest of his life. It will also socialize symbols designated as men.
Trans sex / gender, on the other hand, means people who do not follow the existing concept of sex / gender. For example, a trans sex / gender male is born at the time of birth to a male of an existing concept, but will try to become a woman.
The scientific community has divided the organisms into two categories based on the dominant interpretation of heredity and genital organization. Generally, this classification system was male and female. Here women are defined as the role of giving birth to offspring. Scientists have identified this difference between male and female by assigning chromosomes classified as x and y. This distinction is so well formed that virtually most people interpret and recognize the condition in this way. But the concept of sex is far more complex and variable than this typology allows. This is why there is still discussion between the scientific community about this concept.
Like sex, gender is a socially constructed interpretation of human behavior patterns. In other words, gender represents the outcome of discriminatory social status based on a shared understanding of constituting masculine and feminine behavior. These sexual behaviors depend on people's expectations and norms. That is why individuals can adopt behaviors that project the gender they wish to describe when they know such expectations and norms. But the process of this choice is not free. Because there are audiences in society who look at them. The audience expects society to proceed in the direction they want. Therefore, individuals first adapt their behaviors to the beliefs of the sexes based on others' preconceptions and then only interpretable actions in their categories. For example, it is people's expectation that women should be careful and men should be brave. But gender is fluid and can change. They can be external factors or internal factors that make up them, but they can change depending on their situation. It may be a painful bullying for them to determine this fluid gender dominantly.
Although most of this article focuses on the socially constructed differences between men and women, there are certainly physiological differences between men and women. Some argue that this difference is a reflection of social inequality and there are some dissenting opinions, but we should be careful when discussing it because there is no definite answer. The biological difference between men and women is that men are more physically stronger than women, and women are more linguistic than men.
There are social and psychological differences between men and women. It is believed that the difference in these behaviors is socially constructed because it depends on the culture. Two examples of socially constructed gender differences are job and education differences. Usually women are treated less and less accessible to jobs and education. However, there is no valid basis for this. Perhaps this sort of discrimination is due to the gender and physical differences that society is talking about.
There is a clear distinction between sexes. This difference exists largely for four reasons. The first is that there are only two sexs, the second is that the sex is superior to the rest of the sex the third is that men and women are very different, and that this should be reflected in society and finally there is a simple hatred of one sex.
Gender socialization, structural functioning, conflict theory, symbolic interaction theory, and feminist theory are the theories that discuss gender differences. Each theory explains differences in gender in different contexts, such as socializing discrimination or explaining the functionality of differences.
2.What was interesting?
I was interested in studying the difference between sex and gender. Actually, I had no idea about sex and gender until I got into college and learned about these contents. But I was interested in studying and knowing the difference between sex and gender. I think it is easy to say that gender is sociological sex and sex is biological sex. Biological sex is determined at birth, but sociological sex can be changed enough to live in society. And this choice will be flexible depending on the circumstances and values of the individual. Therefore, we thought that we should respect and acknowledge this.
3.Discussion point
The transgenders are the groups that are trying to change biological sex due to the fluid gender. They were born biologically as men or women. But they are those who have tried to change and realize that their gender is not in agreement with theirs. In Christianity, however, they protest against acknowledging them as being deviated from the providence of nature. But I think that it is 'natural' and it is decided by society. I would like to hear what the students think that they are right.
This article is about gender. This concept remains today as the most powerful belief system in our world, with religion and science.
Sociologists distinguish between gender and sex. Gender represents the perceived or expected social position of a person within a culturally established designation between male and female behavior Sex is an individual, usually based on biological characteristics perceived by medical, religious families and government agencies .
Sociologists divide people with cis sex / gender and trans sex / gender. Cis sex / gender is people who follow the existing concept of sex and gender. For example, a Cis sex / gender male is assigned to a male at birth and tries to stay in this state for the rest of his life. It will also socialize symbols designated as men.
Trans sex / gender, on the other hand, means people who do not follow the existing concept of sex / gender. For example, a trans sex / gender male is born at the time of birth to a male of an existing concept, but will try to become a woman.
The scientific community has divided the organisms into two categories based on the dominant interpretation of heredity and genital organization. Generally, this classification system was male and female. Here women are defined as the role of giving birth to offspring. Scientists have identified this difference between male and female by assigning chromosomes classified as x and y. This distinction is so well formed that virtually most people interpret and recognize the condition in this way. But the concept of sex is far more complex and variable than this typology allows. This is why there is still discussion between the scientific community about this concept.
Like sex, gender is a socially constructed interpretation of human behavior patterns. In other words, gender represents the outcome of discriminatory social status based on a shared understanding of constituting masculine and feminine behavior. These sexual behaviors depend on people's expectations and norms. That is why individuals can adopt behaviors that project the gender they wish to describe when they know such expectations and norms. But the process of this choice is not free. Because there are audiences in society who look at them. The audience expects society to proceed in the direction they want. Therefore, individuals first adapt their behaviors to the beliefs of the sexes based on others' preconceptions and then only interpretable actions in their categories. For example, it is people's expectation that women should be careful and men should be brave. But gender is fluid and can change. They can be external factors or internal factors that make up them, but they can change depending on their situation. It may be a painful bullying for them to determine this fluid gender dominantly.
Although most of this article focuses on the socially constructed differences between men and women, there are certainly physiological differences between men and women. Some argue that this difference is a reflection of social inequality and there are some dissenting opinions, but we should be careful when discussing it because there is no definite answer. The biological difference between men and women is that men are more physically stronger than women, and women are more linguistic than men.
There are social and psychological differences between men and women. It is believed that the difference in these behaviors is socially constructed because it depends on the culture. Two examples of socially constructed gender differences are job and education differences. Usually women are treated less and less accessible to jobs and education. However, there is no valid basis for this. Perhaps this sort of discrimination is due to the gender and physical differences that society is talking about.
There is a clear distinction between sexes. This difference exists largely for four reasons. The first is that there are only two sexs, the second is that the sex is superior to the rest of the sex the third is that men and women are very different, and that this should be reflected in society and finally there is a simple hatred of one sex.
Gender socialization, structural functioning, conflict theory, symbolic interaction theory, and feminist theory are the theories that discuss gender differences. Each theory explains differences in gender in different contexts, such as socializing discrimination or explaining the functionality of differences.
2.What was interesting?
I was interested in studying the difference between sex and gender. Actually, I had no idea about sex and gender until I got into college and learned about these contents. But I was interested in studying and knowing the difference between sex and gender. I think it is easy to say that gender is sociological sex and sex is biological sex. Biological sex is determined at birth, but sociological sex can be changed enough to live in society. And this choice will be flexible depending on the circumstances and values of the individual. Therefore, we thought that we should respect and acknowledge this.
3.Discussion point
The transgenders are the groups that are trying to change biological sex due to the fluid gender. They were born biologically as men or women. But they are those who have tried to change and realize that their gender is not in agreement with theirs. In Christianity, however, they protest against acknowledging them as being deviated from the providence of nature. But I think that it is 'natural' and it is decided by society. I would like to hear what the students think that they are right.
One of the things that humans have not chosen for themselves is the biological gender. However, we think that we have a right to live as 'what we want to be'.
ReplyDeleteImplicit Sexuality Biologically, a person born to a different sex should be given the right to choose his or her identity.
Still, the eyes of the world will be tired, but I think the world will be more open and it is worth to choose your sex by your own choice.
Before I say my opinion, all transgenders do not want to change their biological sex. Some transgenders want to change their body, but some another transgenders don't need trans surgery and they need social recognition for their gender, in such a way as to change the resident registration number.
ReplyDeleteJudith Butler said that sex is also a socially defined concept. I am sympathetic to this argument. The concept(How sex is divided)that appear to be natural is also defined by society. I can't agree with Christianity that strengthen the inner group through queerphobic.