Sunday, May 18, 2008

Class Business Post - Gender Sighting

According to textbook gender is socially made and expressed. Sex is what you are biologically born with, sex is determined by chromosomes.  Females usually have XX sex chromosomes and males usually have XY sex chromosomes.

There are some rare variations of chromosomes also, instead of the usual two, there are three:  XXX, XXY, or XYY.  All fetuses have cells with at least one X chromosome.

Gender is defined as a person's behavior and interaction in the society. Gender could be changed during your life span. It can be taught from the beginning of your life.  Sometimes gender comes out of cultural ideas beyond the normal sexual behavior and expectations.

In some cultures a person's gender can be changeable. If you are born male you may choose to act like a female.

In believe in the society of two sexes and only two genders.  That's how God made us.  Biologically given sex should be the normal or natural way for a gender to behave.

1 comment:

Anjum R said...

Hi! My feelings about men and woman working equally towards raising a healthy family.
It feels real nice that women can go out and work in all different fields, regardless of
worrying about the pressure of household work,because most men are getting used to do the cooking
and take of their children.Thanks for all the T.V. cooking channels
which shows both men and women participants.Actually these cooking channels are very entertaining and learning for the entire family.