SEX AND GENDER

1. SUBMITTED BY: SANA GUL
SUBMITTED TO: MA’AM AYESHA
SUBJECT: LANGUAGE AND GENDER
TOPIC: GENDER AND SEX
ROLL NO: 23
DATE: 25TH JULY 2020
SEMESTER: 8TH
DEPARTMENT: ENGLISH
GOVERNMENT POST GRADUATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN,
MARDAN

2. CONTENT:
 Sex and Gender
 Definition of Sex
 Definition of Gender
 Concept of Gender
 Gender Role
 The Idea of two Sexes
 Third type of gender (Transgender)
 Differences between Sex and Gender
 Gender Identity
 Types of Gender Identity
 Gendered Language

3. Definition of Sex
The biologic character or quality that distinguishes male and f
emale from one another as expressed by analysis of the pers
on's gonadal, morphologic (internal and external), chromosom
al, and hormonal characteristics.
Sex refers to biological differences between males and
females.

4. Definition of Gender
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines gender as:
“Gender refers to the socially constructed characteristics of
women and men, such as norms, roles, and relationships of
and between groups of women and men. It varies from
society to society and can be changed.”
Gender refers to the cultural differences expected (by
society / culture) of men and women according to
their sex.

5. Concept of Gender
The concept of gender was first developed by MATTHEWS in
1984 in her study of construction of femininity.
According to her “the concept of gender gives recognition to the
fact that every known society distinguishes between men and
women.”
Therefore the term concept of gender is a systematic way of
understanding men and women socially and patterning of
relationships between them.
The concept of gender helps to study the differences in behavior
between men and women, and also to analyze the basis of these
differences as basically biological or as social constructions by the
society.

6. “Gender” is more difficult to define, but it can refer to the
role of a male or female in society, known as a gender role.
Gender tends to denote the social and cultural role of each
sex within a given society, rather than being purely assigned
by genetics, as sex differences generally are, people often
develop their gender roles in response to their environment,
including family interactions, the media, peers, and
education.

7. Gender role
Gender roles in society means how we're expected to act,
speak, dress, groom, and conduct ourselves based upon our
assigned sex. For example, girls and women are generally
expected to dress in typically feminine ways and be polite,
accommodating, and nurturing.
Gender role take us to the issue of what society expects
women to do, and what they expect men to do.

8. The Idea of Two Sexes
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just
binary female and male
The differences between male and female sexes are
anatomical and physiological. “Sex” tends to relate to
biological differences.

9. Third type of gender (transgender)
Sometimes, a person’s genetically assigned sex does not line up with their gender
identity. These individuals might refer to themselves as transgender, non-binary, or
gender-nonconforming

10. Differences between Sex and
Gender
Historically, the terms “sex” and “gender” have
been used in comparison, but their uses are
becoming increasingly distinct, and it is important
to understand the differences between the two.

11. There is a difference between “sex” and “gender.” Sex is
“biological” while gender is “psychological,” “social,” or
“cultural.” A person's gender can be different from a
person's sex. Gender is thus “socially constructed” in the
sense that, unlike biological sex, gender is a product of
society.

12. Gender identity
Gender identity is the personal sense of one's
own gender. Gender identity can correlate with a
person's assigned sex at birth or can differ from
it. Gender expression typically reflects a
person's gender identity.
The sense of ourselves as men, women or other
gendered being.

13. Types of Gender Identity
There are many different gender identities, including male,
female, transgender, gender neutral, non-binary, agender,
pangender, genderqueer, two-spirit, third gender, and all,
none or a combination of these

14. Gendered Language
Gendered language is the way the titles “Mr.,” “Miss,”
and “Mrs.” are used. “Mr.” can refer to any man,
regardless of whether he is single or married, but “Miss”
and “Mrs.” define women by whether they are married,
which until quite recently meant defining them by their
relationships with men.