Sex and Gender: Key Theoretical Approaches in Social Sciences

SEXandGENDER

Table of content
o INTRODUCTION
o Core theme
o Key theoretical approaches in social sciences
o Evaluation of the theories
o CONCLUSION
o REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
• The concept of sex and gender generally defined as
an individual's physical features at birth, consisting
the specific identities, their expressions as well as
societal roles.
• The word “gender” generally used within public
figures and political aspects and with a negative
connotations such as referring to gender police or to
ideologies which specifically threaten the children.

Core theme
• The term “Gender” is generally a socially constructed features of both the men and women like norms, roles and
responsibilities among the group of men and women.
• It generally varies from community to community as well as can be altered. In this, the discussion about gender can involve
the five essential components such as hierarchical, relational, contextual, historical and institutional.
• In addition to this, many of the people are born either female or male, and have been taught appropriate norms and
behaviours as well consisting how the people can interact with the other people of the similar or dissimilar sex within a
society or within organizations.
• The term “Sex” is an anatomical as well as other biological variations among male and female which are identified at the
moment of conception as well as can develop within womb and throughout the childhood and adolescent period.