This document discusses gender studies and related topics. It defines gender as the range of characteristics pertaining to masculinity and femininity, which may include biological sex, social structures, or gender identity. Gender is socially learned behavior based on expectations of men and women. Gender studies is defined as the interdisciplinary study of gender identity and representation. Key topics covered include the differences between sex and gender, gender symbols, stereotypes and biases, and the importance of understanding gender to promote equality.

1. GENDER STUDIES

2. Gender
• Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining
to, and differentiating between, masculinity and
femininity.
• Depending on the context, these characteristics
may include biological sex, sex-based social
structures, or gender identity.
• Gender is a status designation derived from the
physiological aspects link to males and females
to allow individuals to function within particular
social contexts. Gender is Socially Learned
behavior, based on Social Expectation from Men
& Women

3. Gender studies
• Gender studies is a field for interdisciplinary
study devoted to gender identity and gender
representation as central categories of analysis.

4. • Sex: biological maleness or femaleness
genetic – determined by chromosomes
anatomical – obvious physical
differences between males and
females
• Gender – psychological aspects of
maleness or femaleness
• Gender Identity – the subjective sense
of being either male or female
Sex and Gender

5. Gender
• It was formed from old French- gendre (medern
genre) and Latin- Genus (birth, family, nation) =
Gender
• The word gender has been used since the 14th
century as a grammatical term
• Gender’ refers to the socially-constructed roles
of and relationships between men and women.

6. • Female (left),
Male (right).
• From symbols
for Venus and
Mars.
Gender Symbol
“Women and men are more alike than they
are different. Men are not from Mars;
women are not from Venus—we are all
from planet Earth.” Dr. S. Gummadi…

7. GENDER PRIMER OBJECTIVES
• Understand the difference between gender
and sex
• Consider how gender roles impact
participation
• Appreciate diversity among women
• Identify discrimination and how to address
it

8. Stereotype Gender Bias
• GENDER IS NOT A “Women’s Issue” It’s
a “People’s Issue”
• It’s the undue pressure on Boys & Girls to live
up to the established norms of Masculinity &
femininity
• Girls endure unwarranted social control,
discrimination & domination
• Boys discouraged from being emotional, gentle
or fearful thrust into a world of Macho
Protectors, Warriors, Breadwinners

10. We need to study gender studies
Some of the important issues of life revolve
around being a man, or being a woman,
or inhabiting a post-binary invention of
gender
• To distinguish what is right and wrong.
• To avoid (consideration) girls (Women)
as a sex object.

11. We need to study gender studies
• To consider each and every human being as
equal.
• To understand the discrimination on the basis
of their gender. Even transgenders are at par
with men and women.
• To avoid the arrogance in man
• To understand that the society will exist only
and only if all genders prosper equally.

12. Gender roles

13. Gender role
• Gender Role – attitudes and behaviors
considered appropriate in a specific culture for
people of a particular sex
• Expectations we should fulfill
• Masculine or Feminine
• Vary widely from culture to culture but
rapidly evolving

16. Most significant were the amendment
to the
• 10. 1972: The Indian Evidence Act
Section113B. {presumption as to dowry death]
• 11.1983: Criminal Law second Amendment
Act, Section 498A
• 2010: Sec 41a CrPc [no automatic arrest on
complaint u/s 498A
• 2012: Supreme Court dictate on 41a