People often do not understand what is the difference in terms of "sex" and "gender" differences between men and women.Although in theory it is quite simple: there are features unique to only one or the other group, and there are those who may belong to both those and others.It is the latter are related to gender or race.We can say that the front binding to sex group have only the physiological or biological differences.But they are always and only masculine or feminine.
To better understand this issue, we should remember that human beings have many different traits that separate them.It is not only gender, but also race, ethnicity or other such things.They make us special and individual, but in many circumstances may prevent it.Gender differences are such personal characteristics that depend not only on nature, but also culture, education, even the economic situation.They really affect our lives, changing it in the good and in the bad side, may even cause a violation of our rights.
Gender differences are due to acquired social behavior and public expectations are from a person who belongs to a particular sex.But the process of formation of men or women is cultural.Just as race or class, this category comes from a huge variety of social life and affects relationships with others.Paul describes it as belonging to a biological group human beings have certain physiological signs.
Gender differences - a term coined by sociologists who sought to focus attention on the fact that it is a cultural phenomenon.For example, to sexual characteristics include the fact that women bear children and men - no, that mothers may breastfeed, and fathers for this process will need a bottle of milk that during puberty in boys broken voice, and the girls -no.These statements do not surprise anyone, and tend to agree with them all.But if we look at the social roles, then everything will change immediately.
Many people believe that young girls should be quiet and restrained, and the boys - stubborn and courageous.But it is not sexual, and gender differences.As well as the fact that in the Middle Ages, the man had the right to inheritance, and women - is not that husbands make decisions, and his wife engaged in the upbringing of children.These differences are not permanent.They can change over time, depending on the country adopted the traditions and way of life.But they are the reason that in many countries, women earn 70% for men, and among the latter much more parliamentarians, presidents, managers.
Gender differences are often due to stereotypes bytuyuschimi in the society, that is, generalizations by which traits and characteristics inherent part of that group (not necessarily more), distributed throughout its whole.For example, men are often portrayed as aggressive, courageous, willing to dominate.Women, on the contrary, described as a tolerant, weak, passive, and emotional.The justification of such stereotypes inherent power imbalance that exists in human society between the sexes.Such generalizations are deprived of the dignity of people and help them to exercise discrimination.
