Topic > Night in Her Day: The Social Construction of Gender

According to the Introduction to Sociology, sex is defined as “the biological and anatomical differences that distinguish females from males” (p216). I agree with your book's definition. I believe sex refers more to the body and characteristics of a male or female. While gender, in my opinion, is more of a notion of how males and females should act, dress and their lifestyle. The book defines gender as “a social expectation regarding behavior considered appropriate for members of each sex” (p216). To me gender inequality occurs when males and females are treated differently, rather than it being about pay, work, status or their duties in a relationship and parenting. The book defines gender inequality as “the inequality between men and women in terms of wealth. In the article gender is defined as “a human production that depends on everyone constantly 'doing gender'…(Lorber, p54). According to the article The Social Construction of Sexuality by Ruth Hubbard sexuality is not seen as "natural", but they believe that "whatever feelings and activities concern our society as sexual are channeled from birth into socially acceptable forms of expression" (Hubbard , p65). . The article defines gender inequality as “the devaluation of 'women' and the social domination of 'men'… (Lorber, p62) I believe the concept of gender inequality was heavily focused on in the documentary. Mainly the negative effects it has on women in the media and then the influences it has on the viewing public. In the documentary they say that people see things in the media about sex and gender and then start to believe that it is a "normal" thing, for example women are seen more as sexual beings in the media, so in society people treat women as sexual beings. verse beings treated like human beings I also like the part of the article which talks about gender differences which are not genetic, physiological or hormonal but "socially constructed". I think it's interesting to note that gender is not something that is born within us but is something that, in a certain sense, is harsh through media, society, colors and everyday life. We do everyday things that we believe only a certain gender can do and if we see someone of the opposite gender doing something that doesn't fit the idea of ​​"doing gender" we judge and criticize them, without even knowing that what they could be doing is not even wrong , it's just different than how you might perceive gender roles