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Gender and Society
Gender and Society
Unlike natal
sex, gender is not made up of binary forms. Instead, gender is a broad
spectrum. A person may identify at any point within this spectrum or
outside of it entirely.
Gender - refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions
and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender diverse people. It
influences how people perceive themselves and each other, how they act
and interact, and the distribution of power and resources in society.
“Sex” refers to the physical differences between people who are male,
female, or intersex. A person typically has their sex assigned at birth
based on physiological characteristics, including their genitalia and
chromosome composition. This assigned sex is called a person’s
“natal sex.”
Sex refers to a set of biological attributes in humans and animals, Sex is
usually categorized as female or male but there is variation in the biological
attributes that comprise sex and how those attributes are expressed.
Girls should play with dolls and boys should play with trucks
Boys should be directed to like blue and green; girls toward red
and pink
Boys should not wear dresses or other clothes typically
associated with "girl's clothes"
During Youth