Gender arises from the socially assigned differences between women and men. Just as women and men have a different biological sex, they also have been assigned by society different roles based on their sex. Gender is indeed the term used to refer to those ways in which a culture reformulates what begins as a fact of nature. In other words, to be born a man or a woman in any society is more than a simple biological fact. It is a biological fact with social implications. Gender can also be described as those attributes that are seen as masculine and feminine in a given society. Masculinity and femininity are social constructs, they are an artifice, an achievement; also the relationship between women and men and their social roles are learned, change over time, and vary widely within and across cultures.
Ruspini, E. (2006). Gender. In T. Fitzpatrick, H. Kwon, N. Manning, J. Midgley, G. Pascall (a cura di), International Encyclopedia of Social Policy (pp. 519-524). London : Routledge.
Gender
RUSPINI, ELISABETTA
2006
Abstract
Gender arises from the socially assigned differences between women and men. Just as women and men have a different biological sex, they also have been assigned by society different roles based on their sex. Gender is indeed the term used to refer to those ways in which a culture reformulates what begins as a fact of nature. In other words, to be born a man or a woman in any society is more than a simple biological fact. It is a biological fact with social implications. Gender can also be described as those attributes that are seen as masculine and feminine in a given society. Masculinity and femininity are social constructs, they are an artifice, an achievement; also the relationship between women and men and their social roles are learned, change over time, and vary widely within and across cultures.
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