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?

Sex, biologically means chromosomes, hormone differences, internal and external sexorgans. Where gender describes the characteristics like masculine or feminine. So, your sex as male or female in the biological fact is usually the same in any culture but, what that sex means in terms of your gender role as a 'man' or a 'woman' can be different in your cultural or beliefs.

How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity?

Men are often viewed as masculine and women as feminine. Although these roles can be reversed, but used to be highly frowned upon and made fun of by most people. These days people are more open to the to others that reverses roles but there still are people that don’t agree with it.

Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity?

I thinks the concepts of gender and sex definetly contributes. My concept personally is that men should be men (masculine) and women should be women (feminine). I don’t completely agree with men being feminine completely. I don’t think cross dressers are allowed. I am okay for the most part with gay people and expressing themselves to a point, but I think when it comes to guys wearing dresses and getting implants. I think that is way to far and not okay.

Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to our understanding of sexual orientation? Explain.

I believe it does contribute to our outstanding. We grow up learning what gender and sex should be, the whole man is a man and female is a woman. Which helps us