Influence of Biological and Social Processes on Sex and Gender

How might biological and
social processes influence sex
and gender

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Gender along with different examples........................................................................................3
Difference between sex and gender............................................................................................3
Explaining gene and hormones and how it affect sex and gender..............................................5
Socialization- school, family,friends, society.............................................................................5
Explaining relationship between socialization and gender.........................................................6
Analyzing relationship between socialization and gender..........................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In society, biological and social process influences Gender and sex. There are different
sex like masculine and feminine but numbers of gender are much higher which can rather than
male and female, transgender and many more. This report aims to understand different aspect
regarding gender and sex which is related with the biological and social process. In this report,
there is a discussion about gender and different example related to gender. There is also a
discussion about the difference between sex and gender. In this report, there is an explanation
related to gene and hormones which can affect sex and gender. There is also a discussion about
socialization which is having an influence related to school, family, friends and Society. There is
also some discussion and analysis about the relationship between socialization and gender (Joshi,
(2020)).
MAIN BODY
Gender along with different examples
Gender refers to cultural differences expected of women and men according to their
sexual orientation to biological approach. It is suggested that there is no distinction between sex
and gender. Gender is determined by two different factors chromosomes and hormones. Gender
refers to the cultural and social distinction which associated by male and female. Gender is
identified as either masculine and feminine. There is a difference between sex and gender which
refers to the biological aspect of females and males. Whereas, gender implies social-cultural
behavior and psychological aspect of being female and male. There are different kinds of gender
which include transgender, gender, non-binary, third gender, a combination of these and many
more.
Transgender- This is the one in which gender identity is different and are assigned at
birth and identify as transgender. This is decided during birth by a doctor as girl or boy.
Sometimes inter assignment gets based on someone's genitals to match gender. In some cases,
there is no alignment with genitals and is said to be part of the gender binary (Dorenkamp,
(2017)).
Non-binary- When any person is not identified as man or woman or any of the gender
then it can be used as an umbrella term that identifies that feeling in deciding male or female.
Gender binary being non-binary leads to different things with different people.