Gender and Sex Worksheet ETH/125 Version 8

Gender and Sex Worksheet Ethic/125 2/16/2014 Jessica Seckinger

Associate Program Material

Gender and Sex Worksheet
Answer the following questions in 50 to 150 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is gender What is sex in !iological ter"s Are gender and sex the sa"e thing #x$lain why or why not

Gender is the state of being male or female. (Merriam-webster, n.d.). Biology sex is the structural and functional characteristics of a person or organism that allow assignment as either male or female; sex is determined by chromosomes, hormones and external and internal genital. ( he !merican "eritage# Medical $ictionary, %&&'). Biology sex is the designation of a person(s anatomy. )hile gender is a person(s emotional and mental identity.
%ow do gender and sex contri!ute to the conce$ts and constructions of "asculinity and fe"ininity

he human culture helps determine gender roles for what is masculine and feminine. *egardless if we are women or men, this is not determined by a person(s sexual organs. Gender is a person(s internal self which a person can identify with either being a male or a women. he human culture has determined that the men are the pro+iders, the head of household, howe+er, the women are treated typically as being the caregi+ers or the homema,ers.
&o our conce$ts of gender and sex contri!ute to the ways we e"!race gender and sex in diversity

-es, . do belie+e that our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the way we embrace gender and sex in di+ersity. .n today(s society, we tend to loo, at the male roles in one way and the female roles in another way. Men are loo,ed at to be stronger, pro+iders, bra+e. "owe+er, with women, they are tend to be loo,ed at as being soft, nurtures, emotional. "owe+er, times are changing and the way society loo,s at these roles are starting to change. )omen are becoming pro+iders, stronger, etc.
&o our conce$ts of gender and sex contri!ute to our understanding of sexual orientation #x$lain.

-es, . do belie+e that our concepts of gender and sex contribute to our understanding of sexual orientation. he understanding of sexual orientation helps people understand what each gender role is and what they pro+ide for a person. )hen loo,ing at the opposite sex, as a female, we are loo,ing for a man who is masculine. "owe+er, if a person is gay, they might be loo,ing for someone with the same gender traits as they ha+e.

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