W13-1.Gender


1. summary

"Gender" refers to a recognized or assumed social position within the designation between culturally established male and female behavior, and also refers to an individual's mission in a socially constructed category. Gender is a socially constructed interpretation of patterns of human behavior, similar to the Sex defined by the scientific community. Gender can mean the inner feeling that a person cannot belong to both men and women and is somewhere between these categories. Because Gender relies on behavioral expectations and norms, individuals can adopt actions that project the gender they want to describe. This aspect can be thought of like the role of a play.
There is an apparent biological difference in genders. In addition, when differences occur in Gender, they vary depending on society, environment, historical context and culture, which shows that Gender differences are social structures. The main examples of socially constructed Gender differences are labor and education.
Theories of Gender Differences indicate the belief that there are only two genders, that one gender is superior to the other, that men and women are very different and that this should be strongly reflected in society, language, sex rights, and law, that they may be simply hate men or women or teach transgender sex. Another example of the Theories of Gender Differences is the wealth gap between men and women. Theories of Gender Differences have also taken many forms, including preventing women from going to college and getting paid less for doing things similar to men. Another common form of Theories of Gender Differences is violence against women and transgenders. Sociologists and other social scientists believe that many of the differences between genders stem from Gender Socialization. Gender Socialization is potentially a process of educating and teaching men, women and children about the norms, behaviors, values, and beliefs of group members. Gender Socialization instills people with the stereotype of Gender.


2. interesting

In recent years, Gender has been exposed to other complex cases, not just men and women. Transsexuals are those who do not follow the existing concepts of gender and sex within a given social, historical, cultural, political, and scientific context. And I read in several articles that the attitudes that society should take against these people are being discussed.
In addition, there have been growing calls for women's human rights in the world these days. The same is true of Korea.
In the past, it was only natural to divide Gender into men and women, and the social role given to women was also natural, so no one would challenge this social perception, but as society changed, many people who had complaints and doubts are calling for change. It is interesting to see once again that what was natural was not really natural, and that it is becoming a society where these stories can be freely told.


3. discussion

In most societies, men and women are described in blue and red (or pink). Why on earth are these colors solidified into colors that represent each gender?
And why does the difference between men and women still occur in labor wages despite the changing social perception?

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