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(Simone De Beauvoir, cited in Butler 1999, p3)
Anatomy is destiny (Sigmund Freud, cited in Kimmel 2000, p21)
Gender refers to the psychological, social and cultural differences between males and females; sex therefore is the physiological and anatomical differences between the male and female bodies. Most socio-biologists believe that the differences in sex account for the differences in the thinking and behavior of men and women. However, sociologists argue that our gender identity is formed through socialization. ... Thus gender structures every aspect of an individual’s life through social relationships and all forms of interaction with the wider society. In this sense socialization can be problematic; an individual’s gender construction may be based on inequality or the expectations of the socializing agents within a greater ideological society. ... Consequently the focus of this discussion will be the inequalities and differences, which debatably occur both in the home and in the workplace. Finally, educational institutions are areas where many excellent studies and research into gender inequality have occurred, however, this has been discussed at great length in other summative work thus will not be mentioned further here. ... When we discuss gender trouble we automatically think of women trouble, that women are always the ones negatively affected. ... One cannot deny that there are marked differences between men and women however; the differences today are often the source of humor, which arguably undermines the debate where inequality of both the sexes is concerned. ... 29/03/03
Men are now taking new nurturing roles in the family and women are more prominent in the workplace, but natural differences, arguably still remain. ... com/gender/pay/disparities 26/03/03
Furthermore, since the 1970’s the wage gap has widened. ... They have expectations of individuals determined by their biological sex, which causes the individual to wear their gender. Gender stereotypes are sex stereotypes acted out for the wider community within an agreed agenda of norms, attitudes, values and beliefs. ... However, men hold more positions of power in our society, which is based on both inequality and physical differences.
Approximate Word count = 2314
Approximate Pages = 9.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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