SEX, GENDER & SEXUALITY

Sex, Gender & Sexuality

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Sex, Gender and Sexuality

Introduction

The human society follows a common practice to categorize its member is grounded on their gender or sex. There is a clear difference that gender is referred to culturally constructed disparity between man and woman. The anthropologist stresses on the variation of gender in their researches based on similarities and differences between sexes. These studies try to find a substitute to biological determinism, which provides an argument that behaviors are based on biological facts. Anthropology also refers that gender is culturally constructed, and believed to be unproblematic and universal. Natural or biology, consequently refers sex is present, but has a small impact on the social reality. Margaret Mead identified in her study that gender is constructed socially rather than established by naturally (Caplan, 1987).

The gender/ sex differences are broadly studied by social scientists. It is emerged as a useful and investigative tool to evaluate the differences between man and woman. This essay discusses the importance of this division based on the natural and cultural perspective.

Discussion

The number of studies which stresses on socialization processes referred the body as Gatens (passive). The sex's social characteristics are viewed as being similar for both male and female at the time of birth. The processes of socialization subsequently act on a consequently neutral and passive body. It was also highlighted that the distinction between sex / gender is same as separation habitually made between consciousness and body. This may lead to behaviorism that is appropriate for animals as compare to human beings. In the light of dichotomy, the distinction between gender / sex matches up to constructionist and essentialist theories respectively. Essentialist focuses on natural perspective as pre-discursive; while constructionist stresses on gender differences (Broch-Due, 1993). There are obvious natural differences between male and female bodies. However, there is a close association between conception about lived biology and categories of gender. The identities of gender are seemingly depended upon natural or biological sex. Aud Talle (1993) argued that by now there is a well-established difference between the genetic organs of male and female, which are stressed through male removal, the hard parts of the female genital. It is also highly asserted that natural difference is socially constructed, as the natural science of sex is vague. In this context, it was illustrated that the natural science of sex is already arbitrated by specific replica that have gender constructs put together into them.

Henrietta Moore (1993) supported the idea that gender/ sex is constructed socially. The biological domain idea from social is developed by western academic, which states that the separation of natural science from the social is not sufficient for coming to hold with embodiment local notions (Moore 1993). On the other hand, Caplan also affirmed that gender relationships are generally viewed as elementary among social anthropologists. This sometimes results postulate gender relations as a natural phenomenon and thus overlooked; as well as Shapiro (1991) indicated that gender identities is ...