Eth 125 Week 7 Gender and Sex Worksheet By: Josey Wayne Hudson What is gender? What is sex in biological terms? Is gender and sex the same thing? Explain why or why not? According to Schaefer (2013), Gender roles are societys expectations of the proper behaviour, attitudes, and activities of males and females (p. 349). The World and Health Organization (2013) defines sex as biological characteristics which define humans as female or male. Gender and sex are similar but they are not the same thing. I say this because a person can have the sexual characteristics of a man but still have the gender of a woman (e.g. transgender). According to Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center, Inc. (2013),Transgender, at its most basic level, is a word that applies to someone who...