Both sex and gender are fluid, dynamic, socially constructed concepts. Explain what is meant by this statement.
What will be an ideal response?
Gender is associated with norms, roles, and behaviors that shift over time and are socially constructed. A growing number of researchers also suggest that sex is socially constructed rather than solely biological. A minority of infants are born with ambiguous sex characteristics and/or an abnormal chromosomal makeup. There are also many people who identify outside of the gender binary.
You might also like to view...
Ethnic and gender stratification are similar in which of the following ways?
a. Discrimination is justified by cultural beliefs. b. Discrimination is fueled by threat. c. Women and men cannot be segregated. d. Women must carry babies. e. a and b above
The majority of gamblers are
A) Native American males B) Non-Native American males and females C) Native American females D) A and B
What impact have demographic changes such as longer life, smaller families, and higher education had on gender inequality within the U.S.?
a. These trends have not had any impact on gender inequality. b. Men have benefited from longer life expectancy, while women have not. c. Women are having fewer children, but only men have been increasing levels of education. d. All of these factors have increased women's participation outside of the home which increases gender equality. e. Men have benefited from these demographic changes much more than women have.
According to the functionalist perspective of race and ethnicity, the dominant group that practices discrimination
What will be an ideal response?