Introduction to Sociology/Gender/Jeong-Ho Moon

1. Summary
Sex: refers to a person's perceived or projected social location within culturally established designations between masculine and feminine behaviors
Gender: Similar to "Sex," Gender is a socially constructed interpretation of human behavior patterns.

Traditional Gender Characteristics

Feminine characteristics	Masculine characteristics
Submissive	Dominant
Dependent	Independent
Emotional	Rational
Receptive	Assertive
Timid	brave

Biological differences

In addition to different sex organs and sex chromosomes, the average male is 10 percent taller, 20 percent heavier, and 35 percent stronger in the upper body than the average female

Female life expectancy in the U.S. is 79.8 years; for males, it is 74.4.

There are no significant differences in intelligence, happiness, or self-esteem between males and females. 

Sexism

Sexism is discrimination against people based on their perceived sex or gender. Sexism can refer to four subtly different beliefs or attitudes:

• The belief that there are only two sexes.
• The belief that one sex is superior to the others.
• The belief that men and women (as well as other genders) are very different and that this should be strongly reflected in society, language, the right to have sex, and the law.

2. Question

Why traditional gender characteristics are defined like that?

I think 'Males protected and were educated to protect their family instead of women.

So male's characters evolved brave, aggressive etc because they fight often to protect their family.

3. Discussion

How can we eliminate sexism?

In a workplace, employers tend to choose men more than women. Can not we see this as a coincidence?(For example, The reason why the successful candidate was chosen is not that he is a male, but because he is capable.)