Sex and Gender
Associate Program Material
Gender and Sex Worksheet
Answer the following questions in 50 to 150 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
• What is gender? What is sex in biological terms? Are gender and sex the same thing? Explain why or why not?
A subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms. ("Merriam Webster", 2013).
Biological terms for sex is defined as female, male or intersex.
I think that sex and gender are the same thing, due to they are both describing who the person is such as male, femaleor intersex.
• How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity?
Gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity in many ways. Gender and sex concepts and constructions of masculinity and feminity of being able to tell the difference between a male and female. They show them as being completely different like males being the protector and fathers and the ladies as being caring, mothers and emotional.
• Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity?
I think that our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity. I feel that we look at males in one way and females in another, we all at some point expect men to be the ones that are tough, and brave and look at women as being emotional and sensitive. When it could be the other way around.
• Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to our understanding of sexual orientation? Explain.
Refrences :
Merriam Webster. (2013). Retrieved from
Gender and Sex Worksheet
Answer the following questions in 50 to 150 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
• What is gender? What is sex in biological terms? Are gender and sex the same thing? Explain why or why not?
A subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms. ("Merriam Webster", 2013).
Biological terms for sex is defined as female, male or intersex.
I think that sex and gender are the same thing, due to they are both describing who the person is such as male, femaleor intersex.
• How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity?
Gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity in many ways. Gender and sex concepts and constructions of masculinity and feminity of being able to tell the difference between a male and female. They show them as being completely different like males being the protector and fathers and the ladies as being caring, mothers and emotional.
• Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity?
I think that our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity. I feel that we look at males in one way and females in another, we all at some point expect men to be the ones that are tough, and brave and look at women as being emotional and sensitive. When it could be the other way around.
• Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to our understanding of sexual orientation? Explain.
Refrences :
Merriam Webster. (2013). Retrieved from