Eth 125 Week 7 Gender and Sex Worksheet

Gender and Sex Worksheet

Gender and Sex Worksheet

Answer the following questions in 50 to 150 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use.

What is gender? What is sex in biological terms? Are gender and sex the same thing? Explain why or why not?

According to Schaefer (2013), "Gender roles are society's expectations of the proper behavior, 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...