Imagine you are talking to someone who asserts that there are only two genders, men and women, each determined by their biological anatomy. What might you say to that person to explain why this is incorrect, given our current sociological understandings
of sex and gender?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. Gender refers to the meanings that societies give to biological sex difference—the cultural understandings of masculinity and femininity.
2. Sex refers to a biological distinction; the chromosomal, chemical, and anatomical organization of males and females.
3. Beliefs in the “naturalness” of the gender binary function to provide an easy explanation for inequality that preserves and defends a system of power relations that overwhelmingly favors men.
4. Biological and evolutionary explanations for gender inequality are contradicted by a great deal of sociological and anthropological evidence, demonstrating variations in gender organization and power relations across societies and throughout history.
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