Gender

The attitudes, behaviors, norms, and roles that a society or culture associated with an individual’s sex, thus the social differences between female and male; the meanings attached to being feminine or masculine

• gender
• sex

A biological categorization based on characteristics that distinguish between female and male based on primary sex characteristics present at birth.

• Gender

• Sex

Determined by an individual’s sex and the associated attitudes, behaviors, norms, and values.

• Gender role

• Gender socialization

• Gender stratification

• Gender Identity

An individual’s self-perception of their gender.

• Gender role

• Gender socialization

• Gender stratification

• Gender Identity

Refers to the inequalities between women and men regarding wealth, power, and privilege.

• Gender role

• Gender socialization

• Gender stratification

• Gender Identity

Qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of men.

• Feminine

• Masculine

Social constructs are _________________ but the effects on how we interact are ___________

• false, imagined

• made up by the society, real

• real, inconsequential

• gender, sexual

Patriarchal societies are

• a form of social organization in which men have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which women have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which whites have more power than other races

• a form of social organization in which children have more power than other age group

Matriarchal societies are...

• a form of social organization in which men have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which women have more power than other genders

• a form of social organization in which Alphas have more power than other human groups

• a form of social organization in which the Inner Party Members have more power than other Social Class

Which of the following best describes the relationship between sex and gender?

• Sex refers to behaviors of a sexual nature, while gender refers to an individual’s unique genetic inheritance.
• Sex refers to a person’s biological characteristics, while gender refers to socially constructed patterns of behavior associated with that sex.
• There is no difference between sex and gender.
• None of these describe the relationship between sex and gender.