Artifact 1: Sex and Gender

Hamilton, Collin M

Dr. Hinks

BI-218X

Sex and gender are often thought of as one in the same, but are, in fact, very different. Biological sex is the sexual assignment of an individual based off of their sexual organs. Gender has now been recognized as a social construct to determine biological sex roles within a community. Women and Men are held to a completely different ethical and physical standard by society.

Men are expected to be strong willed, assertive, strong and brave. Society expects them to be of the highest moral and ethical thread. They are supposed to be of strong mental and emotional fortitude, to show no emotion pertaining to weakness. They are expected to be the “man of the house” and to be the souse of income for the family.

Women are expected be submissive and happy. Women are seen as a ticking time bombs of emotion that could go off at any moment. They are seen as those that tend to the home and cook the meals. Children are also stereotyped to be one of their primary functions in life. In many religious views, women are to be obedient to their husbands, and that a woman that does not have children is a prude.

All in all, the traditional gender roles that are currently implemented by society today do not fit the modern view of gender. It is confining to that of what biological sex an individual is born with rather than what gender they identify as in their current state.