Week 13-1. Introduction to Sociology/Gender

1. Summary 

Gender is distinct from sex. Gender is social and sex is biological. Gender is distinguished by masculine and feminine behaviors perceived by society. This is culturally established. Cis sex/gender people are those who conform to the existing notions of sex and gender within a given social, historical, cultural, political, and scientific context. Trans sex/gender people are those who do not conform to the existing notions of sex and gender within a given social, historical, cultural, political, and scientific context. 
Men and women have biological and social and psychological differences. There are some clear physiological differences between the two sexes. In addition, gender differences typically vary by society, environment, historical context, and/or culture, indicating they are social constructions. A typical example is work and occupations between two genders. Women's participation in labor has changed a lot according to the trend of the times. Before the development of capitalism, women mainly did housework. However, over time, women's labor participation rate increased. However, there are still several problems. Another representative difference between men and women is educational attainment. Although higher education for women has increased compared to the past, there are still the degrees are in less prestigious areas and women with degrees still earn less than do men with comparable degrees. 
Sexism is discrimination against people based on their perceived sex or gender. Sexism can refer to four subtly different beliefs or attitudes. First, the belief that there are only two sexes. Second, the belief that one sex is superior to the others. Third, the belief that men and women are very different and that this should be strongly reflected in society, language, the right to have sex, and the law. Forth, it can also refer to simple hatred of men or women or trans people. There are theories of gender differences: Gender Socialization, Structural Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interaction, Feminist Theory 

2. Interesting 

I was impressed with gender socialization among theories of gender differences. Sociologists generally attribute many of the differences between genders to socialization. socialization is the process of transferring norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to future group members. Thus, gender socialization is the process of educating and instructing potential males, females, and intersex children as to the norms, behaviors, values, and beliefs of group membership. This was the first thing that made gender differences. In reality, children do not have stereotypes about sex, but as they are influenced by society, they grow up with sex stereotypes. For this reason, I think gender perception is the result of being an individual in society. 

3. Discussion 

Which of the differences between sex and gender do you think would have a bigger impact on society? 
When have you ever noticed gender differences in your life? 
I think that discrimination against trans sex/gender people is more severe in our society than other sex discrimination. Why do you think so?

Comments

  1. 김채원June 13, 2020 at 8:20 AM

    Gender discrimination is most felt when performing ancestral rites.
    As a matter of course, in almost every family, women prepare for the ancestral rites. Also, the ancestral rites process is centered on men, not women.

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