gender
GENDER
What is Gender?
To label gender as the sexes or the reproductive organs would be too broad of a definition. Depending on the gender type you are, people, culture and society have expectations that you must follow, Eg, if you are a women, you are expected to stay at home and look after the children while your husband is out working. Yet nowadays since culture is constantly evolving males and females have suddenly swapped roles, and this is where debates arrive on whether it’s right or wrong? Hence gender can’t just be what sex you are born into rather how people, your environment and your beliefs perceive you to be in a certain way.
How is Gender determined?
Gender can be determined in many ways yet 2 factors are most controversial in gender determinism religion and culture. In terms of religion each religion has their own rules and laws for a birth of a child. If let’s say a baby is born a hermaphrodite religion would have their own regulations as to determining the sex of the child. Whilst culture in the same scenario would want it to be a boy they lack the understanding of whether or not there decision can affect the child’s life in the future to come physiologically and socially.
How is Gender performed?
People perform their gender based on the clothes they wear, how they carry themselves, their attitudes, etc. mostly all aspects of a person's life are based on gender--whether they act feminine or masculine. It’s one thing to say that gender is performed and that is a little different from saying gender is performative. When we say gender is performed we usually mean that we’ve taken on a role or we’re acting in some way and that our acting or our role-playing is crucial to the gender that we are and the gender that we present to the world. To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative means that it produces a series of effects. We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an
What is Gender?
To label gender as the sexes or the reproductive organs would be too broad of a definition. Depending on the gender type you are, people, culture and society have expectations that you must follow, Eg, if you are a women, you are expected to stay at home and look after the children while your husband is out working. Yet nowadays since culture is constantly evolving males and females have suddenly swapped roles, and this is where debates arrive on whether it’s right or wrong? Hence gender can’t just be what sex you are born into rather how people, your environment and your beliefs perceive you to be in a certain way.
How is Gender determined?
Gender can be determined in many ways yet 2 factors are most controversial in gender determinism religion and culture. In terms of religion each religion has their own rules and laws for a birth of a child. If let’s say a baby is born a hermaphrodite religion would have their own regulations as to determining the sex of the child. Whilst culture in the same scenario would want it to be a boy they lack the understanding of whether or not there decision can affect the child’s life in the future to come physiologically and socially.
How is Gender performed?
People perform their gender based on the clothes they wear, how they carry themselves, their attitudes, etc. mostly all aspects of a person's life are based on gender--whether they act feminine or masculine. It’s one thing to say that gender is performed and that is a little different from saying gender is performative. When we say gender is performed we usually mean that we’ve taken on a role or we’re acting in some way and that our acting or our role-playing is crucial to the gender that we are and the gender that we present to the world. To say that gender is performative is a little different because for something to be performative means that it produces a series of effects. We act and walk and speak and talk in ways that consolidate an