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Social Construction of Gender
• “ Sex”---- biological category
• “ Gender”----Sociological category
• Definition: Gender is a social construct that is
determined by culture and society and defines
man-woman relationship that is changeable .
• Ideology of gender determines–
– What is expected of us
– What is allowed of us
– What is valued in us
– The nature and extent of
• Disadvantage
• Disparity
• Discrimination
• Manifestation of gender differences can be
found in
• Construction of Roles-What women and Men
do
• Relations- How women and men relate to
each other
• Identity-how women and men perceive
themselves
• Ideology of Gender Contains norms and rules
regarding appropriate behavior
• Determines attributes
• Reproduces range of beliefs and customs to
support these norms and social rules
• Norms and rules determine material reality of
relative access of men and women to and claims
over different resources. E.g. food, health,
education, property, job, opportunities &
entitlements, so on & so forth
Social Construct
• A social construction is something that doesn't
exist independently in the "natural" world, but is
instead an invention of society.
• Cultural practices and norms give rise to the
existence of social constructs and govern the
practices, customs, and rules concerning the way
we use/view/understand them.
• In other words, we all act as if they exist, and
because of our intersubjective agreement, they
do
Gender Construction
• For the individual, gender construction starts
with assignment to a sex category on the basis of
what the genitalia look like at birth.
• Then babies are dressed or adorned in a way that
displays the category because parents don't want
to be constantly asked whether their baby is a girl
or a boy.
• A sex category becomes a gender status through
naming, dress, and the use of other gender
markers
• Once a child's gender is evident, others treat
those in one gender differently from those in the
other, and the children respond to the different
treatment by feeling different and behaving
differently.
• As soon as they can talk, they start to refer to
themselves as members of their gender.
• Sex doesn't come into play again until puberty,
but by that time, sexual feelings and desires and
practices have been shaped by gendered norms
and expectations.
• Parenting is gendered, with different expectations
for mothers and for fathers, and people of
different genders work at different kinds of jobs.
• The work adults do as mothers and fathers and as
low-level workers and high-level bosses, shapes
women's and men's life experiences, and these
experiences produce different feelings,
consciousness, relationships, skills - ways of being
that we call feminine or masculine.
• All of these processes constitute the social
construction of gender.
why gendering from birth?
• Gender is one of the major ways that human beings
organize their lives.
• Human society depends on
– a predictable division of labor,
– a designated allocation of limited goods,
– assigned responsibility for children and others who cannot
care for themselves,
– common values and their systematic transmission to new
members,
– legitimate leadership,
– music, art, stories, games,
– and other symbolic productions
• One way of choosing people for the different
tasks of society is on the basis of their talents,
and competence - their demonstrated
achievements, while other is on the basis of
gender, race, ethnicity - ascribed membership
in a category of people.
• Every society classifies people on the basis
their age and gender then constructs
similarities among them and differences
between them, and assigns them to different
roles and responsibilities.
• Personality characteristics flow from these
different life experiences so that the members
of these different groups become different
kinds of people.
• So Gender as a social construction does not flow
automatically from genitalia and reproductive organs
• In the construction of ascribed social statuses, physiological
differences such as sex, stage of development, color of skin,
and size are crude markers.
• They are not the source of the social statuses of gender,
age grade, and race.
• Social statuses are carefully constructed through prescribed
processes of teaching, learning, emulation, and
enforcement.
• Whatever genes, hormones, and biological evolution
contribute to human social institutions is materially as well
as qualitatively transformed by social practices.
So….
The building blocks of gender are socially
constructed statuses.
Gender and body
• Many cultures go beyond clothing, gestures, and behaviors
in gendering children.
• They inscribe gender directly into bodies.
• Examples
– Traditional Chinese society through binding feet into three-inch
stumps to enhance their sexual attractiveness.
– Women in African societies remove the clitoris of prepubescent
girls and scrape their labia to preserve their chastity and ensure
their marriage ability.
– Jewish and Muslim fathers circumcise their infant sons to show
their covenant with God.
– In Western societies, women augment their breast size with
silicone and reconstruct their faces with cosmetic surgery to
conform to cultural ideals of feminine beauty.

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Social construction of gender

  • 2. • “ Sex”---- biological category • “ Gender”----Sociological category • Definition: Gender is a social construct that is determined by culture and society and defines man-woman relationship that is changeable .
  • 3. • Ideology of gender determines– – What is expected of us – What is allowed of us – What is valued in us – The nature and extent of • Disadvantage • Disparity • Discrimination
  • 4. • Manifestation of gender differences can be found in • Construction of Roles-What women and Men do • Relations- How women and men relate to each other • Identity-how women and men perceive themselves
  • 5. • Ideology of Gender Contains norms and rules regarding appropriate behavior • Determines attributes • Reproduces range of beliefs and customs to support these norms and social rules • Norms and rules determine material reality of relative access of men and women to and claims over different resources. E.g. food, health, education, property, job, opportunities & entitlements, so on & so forth
  • 6. Social Construct • A social construction is something that doesn't exist independently in the "natural" world, but is instead an invention of society. • Cultural practices and norms give rise to the existence of social constructs and govern the practices, customs, and rules concerning the way we use/view/understand them. • In other words, we all act as if they exist, and because of our intersubjective agreement, they do
  • 7. Gender Construction • For the individual, gender construction starts with assignment to a sex category on the basis of what the genitalia look like at birth. • Then babies are dressed or adorned in a way that displays the category because parents don't want to be constantly asked whether their baby is a girl or a boy. • A sex category becomes a gender status through naming, dress, and the use of other gender markers
  • 8. • Once a child's gender is evident, others treat those in one gender differently from those in the other, and the children respond to the different treatment by feeling different and behaving differently. • As soon as they can talk, they start to refer to themselves as members of their gender. • Sex doesn't come into play again until puberty, but by that time, sexual feelings and desires and practices have been shaped by gendered norms and expectations.
  • 9. • Parenting is gendered, with different expectations for mothers and for fathers, and people of different genders work at different kinds of jobs. • The work adults do as mothers and fathers and as low-level workers and high-level bosses, shapes women's and men's life experiences, and these experiences produce different feelings, consciousness, relationships, skills - ways of being that we call feminine or masculine. • All of these processes constitute the social construction of gender.
  • 10. why gendering from birth? • Gender is one of the major ways that human beings organize their lives. • Human society depends on – a predictable division of labor, – a designated allocation of limited goods, – assigned responsibility for children and others who cannot care for themselves, – common values and their systematic transmission to new members, – legitimate leadership, – music, art, stories, games, – and other symbolic productions
  • 11. • One way of choosing people for the different tasks of society is on the basis of their talents, and competence - their demonstrated achievements, while other is on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity - ascribed membership in a category of people.
  • 12. • Every society classifies people on the basis their age and gender then constructs similarities among them and differences between them, and assigns them to different roles and responsibilities. • Personality characteristics flow from these different life experiences so that the members of these different groups become different kinds of people.
  • 13. • So Gender as a social construction does not flow automatically from genitalia and reproductive organs • In the construction of ascribed social statuses, physiological differences such as sex, stage of development, color of skin, and size are crude markers. • They are not the source of the social statuses of gender, age grade, and race. • Social statuses are carefully constructed through prescribed processes of teaching, learning, emulation, and enforcement. • Whatever genes, hormones, and biological evolution contribute to human social institutions is materially as well as qualitatively transformed by social practices.
  • 14. So…. The building blocks of gender are socially constructed statuses.
  • 15. Gender and body • Many cultures go beyond clothing, gestures, and behaviors in gendering children. • They inscribe gender directly into bodies. • Examples – Traditional Chinese society through binding feet into three-inch stumps to enhance their sexual attractiveness. – Women in African societies remove the clitoris of prepubescent girls and scrape their labia to preserve their chastity and ensure their marriage ability. – Jewish and Muslim fathers circumcise their infant sons to show their covenant with God. – In Western societies, women augment their breast size with silicone and reconstruct their faces with cosmetic surgery to conform to cultural ideals of feminine beauty.