Sociological Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality: Everyday Experiences and Issues

This essay explores the sociological aspects of gender and sexuality, including the everyday experiences and issues related to them. The essay discusses theories such as functionalism and feminism to interpret and highlight the experiences of gender and sexuality. The issues related to gender and sexuality, such as discrimination and violence, are also discussed.

Gender Sexuality and
Society

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
People are perceiving through the gender neutral baby where don’t reveal their baby gender
to their relatives and use the gender neutral cloths in their lifestyle. Parents are referring their
child as they instead of him or her. this enable them to attempt to mitigate the gender bias which
are placed by society on children. Gender and sexuality refers to the centrally important forces
which are having different shape to individual lives. Every individual known their body as
through gender or sex. Gender refers to the characteristics of men, women, boys and girls which
are socially constructed. This may include behaviour, norms along with roles which are
associated with being man, women, boy or girl along with relationship with each other. There is
change in the sexuality within previous time which and exuberate through using gender and
sexuality to the nonsexual revolution which includes the process, intimate relationship,
dimensions, sexual fragments along with preferences which are emerged and unnamed and can
say it did not exist before. There was issue that work were distributed according to gender where
every work related to gender specific like cooking and washing was specially distributed to the
female whereas, working for earning was the role of male. These are some of the issue which are
still left in present time in somewhere. But there is high change in society where many of the
work are done by every gender and are getting neutral to this. In this, some theories can be
applied to support it. In this, essay, there is discussion about the sociological aspects of gender
and sexuality along with everyday experience. There is also discussion about the theories which
can interpret and highlight the experience of gender and sexuality (McGannon and et. al., 2019).
This essay also includes the issues related with everyday experience to gender and sexuality.
MAIN BODY
There is debate in present time that sociology offers unique perspective for gender and
sexuality. This can have high importance in the social world. This can influence the sociological
perspective transcends which allows biological notion of sex along with social and cultural bases
of gender. This implies about how gender are treated differently during men and women. There
is gender role which includes the how individual is expected to act like dress, speak, groom and
conduct themselves on the basis of assigned sex. In this, male and female have their different
gender role which they are expected to perform in the society. In this, female are expected to get
dress typically feminine ways like getting polite, nurturing, accommodating and many more.

Whereas, boys as expected to play outside with ball and other potential game in comparison to
female (Awuawuer, 2018). These are some of the role which are assigned to individual according
to their gender. Sexuality refers to the person’s capacity which includes the sexual feelings along
with emotional attraction within particular sex. This can have sexual orientation which are
typically divided within four categories like heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality and
asexuality. This can also provide different experience that can associates with the positive
experience which are an important part of sexuality. This can change over time that may be
confusing when individual is ensure about it. Many people get attracted towards the opposite sex
were boy likes girls, women like men. They are known by heterosexual or straight. Whereas,
some people are attracted towards same sex which are mostly experienced during their puberty.
There are many times where some of the experience which are related with the gender
and sexuality can be observed in society. In this, male have the role to play where they should
play outside home and can roam anywhere in comparison to girls. It has been also experienced
that girls should work in house like washing, cooking, taking care of home whereas, male have
the role to work for earning and take care of financial burden (Alam, 2019). It can be also
experience that girls should behave politely whereas, male should be tough and rough. These are
some of the everyday experience which are generally experience within any film, newspaper
which are related with gender along with sexuality. There is various observation which are
effective and can allow to get observe that there is high difference in the gender and sexuality
which can be there due to perception of society through their different perspective. There are
many of the work which are associated with gender based. This may include working different
activity of daily life.
Through this, it can be concluding that there is some work which are distributed by the
society according to gender. This can include different work like washing, clothing, cooking,
earning, playing and many more. There is also some distribution of sexuality which may include
Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual. There is also some discrimination based on
sexuality which are related with creating differences (Okoroba and et. al., 2019).
Functionalism theory refers to the theory which include nature of the mental states. This
includes the traditional ideas which are related with thinking of individual according to their
mental states and traditionally. According to this theory, it can be observed that society has
distributed the work according to the gender and sexuality which are related with tradition

behaviour in which work were assigned according to gender and sex. Now, in present time.
People are getting evolved and can enable to focus on decrease this impact of work distribution
based on gender and sexuality (Cisneros and et. al., 2018). There is an issue of distribution of
work according to gender which are supported through using of theory of functionalism. There is
individual behaviour which may include that dressing, eating, behaving and action during any
situation is based on the sexuality of individual. There are three gender based experience which
includes the gender pay gaps within different organisation. It can easily be observed that there
are many organisations that does not pay equal payment for the same work to both gender. There
is less pay to women which show the difference. There is also sexual discrimination where
women are treated differently based on their sex. There is another experience which include the
eduation where it can easily have observed that male is more allowed for the higher education in
comparision to female. These are some experience which can help to analyse that there is
difference on gender based.
There is another perspective which includes the feminism which refers to the belief and
desire which includes the equality between sexes. In this, there are many people who like to
support feminism which can implies to ensure about sharing of working and performing different
activities according to sexes. Through this perspective that allow to ensure that work should be
done through belief men and women where they should get the equal rights along with
opportunities. This may include the social, economic and political equality. There should need to
change the perception which can include individual rights where society have the perception that
male should work for the financial prospect rather than female. Here, feminism says about
getting equality that can enable female also to earn through working outside and contribute in
financial burden.
There is various social life of every individual either according to their gender of sexuality
which can include the difference for getting impact on work process and performing different
activity to resolve the traditional perspective to work according to gender and sexuality. There
are some of the everyday experience in which it can be observed that there is difference health
where female is not getting access to healthcare higher level of healthcare service in comparison
to male. There is also difference which includes discrimination in sports where funding is more
less than for the male team. They are also not included in the sports due to their gender.

Through using theory like functionalism and feminism, it can include the perspective of
individual right and their contribution within society which should not be based on gender or
sexuality (Beavis and et. al., 2018). There is evidence like newspaper and magazine which are
demonstrate the impact of feminism and functionalism which are not based on gender or
sexuality. There is high impact of using their perspective in society that allow to change and
improve the traditional ideas in modern way that can improve society.
There are number of issue which is related with the sexuality and the gender in day to day
life which is optimise by newspaper, magazine and many more. In addition to this, the war due to
the right of gender and sexuality is oldest conflict which is play role in the development of such
society which is equal and equivalent. Therefore, the data used to explore that every third in the
European union who have their daily house work and food preparation, this is big contrast which
play role to eight in ten women who usually undertake the same situation of the task. Moreover,
with the aspect of accountability ever second women used to work in childcare for an hour or
there is doing care duties and so on (Zambelli and et. al., 2018). With this, the education is also
identified as the issue which is associated with the gender and sexuality. In the last decade the
narrative of Malala Yousafzai who is a Pakistani activist for female education recently awarded
fort the Nobel peace prize in 2014 with their brave gesture who fought for the education of
women in their country. The women are restricted form the school and collage because of their
gender and sexuality. Moreover, this example is used to taken as a symbolic which can show the
two tendencies with the current factor thinking (Gender, Sex, and Sexuality, 2019). The first
trend is used to explore the read the Malala heroic efforts which work as evidence that elaborate
the much needed essential approach that is related with the campaign for the girl’s education
especially in countries which they are denied to take equal right due to their gender and
sexuality. In addition to this, it is also unjustified that there is various factor which restrict and
prevent the girl from the access of schooling due to the issue. in addition to this, the girls are
leaving education and becoming child bride in various countries that named Zambia, the sexual
harassment and the violence girl face in countries like south Africa and the impact of war on girl
education in place like Rwanda and Sudan (Balter and et. al., 2018).
The second issue which is related with the violence that is highlighted by the both scholar
and the activist which enduring the aspect of violence against the women in its many
manifestations. With this, as per the analysis of every week there is a story which is related with

the national or international which is featuring the violence against the women. In addition to
this, such violence is usually associated with female genital mutilation, rape and assault, the
trafficking and honour based violence, sexual violence in various countries are usually
undergoing in the conflict of domestic violence and the issue of migration, asylum selling and
the crisis in the refugee. The diverse focus is to established in the political response to these that
is based on gendered and the impact on the women identity and the relationship with the other.
Moreover, the gender inequality which is usually targeted by the global activism which show the
combat this diverse manifestation that is related with the violence and their unequal effect on the
women. Therefore, it is comprehensive approach which is combating violence can be seen in the
example of the existence of the international Day for the elimination which is associated with the
violence against gender based violence (Hopkins, 2018).
The gender and the sexuality in the society have a deep argument which explain the different
concept of gender and the sexuality. In addition to this, there are several of sociologist which is
show their research on the social scientist view on the sex and gender on the conceptual way
(FOCUS: LOOKING CRITICALLY AT GENDER AND SEXUALITY, 2016) The sex is defined as
the physical and physiological difference which is associated with the male and female that
include primary sex characteristic which include reproductive system and secondary
characteristic which include height and the muscularity. Whereas, gender is defined as the term
which is related with the social and cultural distinction which is associated with the male and
female. Gender identity is also an aspect which is followed within the one identified as being
either masculine or the feminine. In addition to this, the person sex is usually identified with their
biological segmentation which is not always with the gender. While taking the contrast of gender
and sexuality, the sex and gender are not interchangeable (Miyazaki, 2018).
The society play vital role in the identification and determination during the child born
where they used to interpret the gender and sexuality on the basis of determination which show
that the male genital will be identified as the male. Hence, the term sex is usually referring as the
biological or the physical distinction and the characteristic of the sex will not usually vary which
the aspect of different human societies (Young, 2018). While taking the context of an example, it
is defined as the all person of the female sex will eventually menstruate and used to develop
breast that can usually lactate. Moreover, there are various characteristic which is based on the
gender on the other hand they may vary as according to the different behaviour of societies. In

the context to American culture, it is usually considered feminine as the trait which is associated
with the female gender to wear the dress or skirt. Moreover, in the middle eastern, Asian and
African culture, skirt or dresses are often usually referred to as sarongs, robes and gowns that can
be considered as the masculine (Platt and et. al., 2018).
In addition to this, there are concept of the societies which is usually followed by the world
is that the male genital child is referred as the male who have authorities to do work and maintain
the strength with the masculinity while the female is usually recognise with the female
reproductive organ (Gender Inequalities: “Past” Issues and Future Possibilities, 2020). These
all aspect are usually recognising in order to maintain and provide knowledge to the society for
the identification and determination of male and female within the societies. In addition to this,
gender and sexuality are central important force which is adopted a shape with every aspect of
the lives. The body, mind and sleeved through the gender and sex. With the context to society,
the legal definition and social expectation which is related with the women and men sex and the
reproduction organise, medical, legal educational and political system (Vieira and Efrem Filho,
2020).
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is analysed that there is various debate in the context of sociology
of the gender and sexuality which is based on the experience of day to day life. The sociology is
defined as the factor which is based on the study of social and community which is based on the
perspective. Therefore, the concept and the understanding used to seek some of the opportunities
that is associated with the structural functionalism perspective and interactionism perspective
which is regarded as the concept which is based on the sociological perspective. These theories
show their relevance in the everyday life which is used to experience of these gender and
sexuality which is related with the issue which is majorly originated with the traditional concept
of society and community.

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