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Among sexologists and scholars of sexuality and gender, "gender" characteristically refers to | |||
'''(1)''' the internal psychological experience of being female or male (or neither) in one's own society and one's own personal history or biography; | |||
'''(2)''' a set of socially and culturally defined and shared roles, rules, norms, and scripts for how to be male or female in a specified society at a specifed time in its history.<ref name="FrDict">Francoeur, Robert F., Martha Cornog, Timothy Perper, and Norman A. Scherzer, Editors. (1995). "The Complete Dictionary of Sexology, New Expanded Edition." New York: Continuum.</ref> | |||
As an internal psychological experience, gender is closely related to the idea of "gender identity," which is the experienced conviction that one ''is'' female or male (or neither).<ref name="FrDict"/> Likewise, the idea of gender is related to what sociologists and social critics call "sex roles," which are the ''normative'' activities assigned socially to women and to men in a given society and time.<ref name="Seward">Seward, Georgene H. and Robert C. Williamson, Editors. (1970). "Sex Roles in Changin]g Society." NY: Random House. A classical reference with ground-breaking essays by a number of scholars.</ref> The notion of gender is distinguished from sex, which refers to one's biological endowments anatomically, physiologically, and reproductively.<ref name="Money1>Reference to come.</ref> Gender has other meanings as well, for example, in linguistics to denote the "gender" of a noun, but this article deals with the word's sexual and social meanings. | |||
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==Notes and References== | |||
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==See also== | |||
[[Sex]] | |||
[[Feminism]] | |||
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[[User:Timothy Perper|Timothy Perper]] 12:20, 26 September 2008 (CDT) | |||
Revision as of 11:20, 26 September 2008
Proposed Revision
Here's the start of a proposed revision of this short article.
Among sexologists and scholars of sexuality and gender, "gender" characteristically refers to
(1) the internal psychological experience of being female or male (or neither) in one's own society and one's own personal history or biography;
(2) a set of socially and culturally defined and shared roles, rules, norms, and scripts for how to be male or female in a specified society at a specifed time in its history.[1]
As an internal psychological experience, gender is closely related to the idea of "gender identity," which is the experienced conviction that one is female or male (or neither).[1] Likewise, the idea of gender is related to what sociologists and social critics call "sex roles," which are the normative activities assigned socially to women and to men in a given society and time.[2] The notion of gender is distinguished from sex, which refers to one's biological endowments anatomically, physiologically, and reproductively.[3] Gender has other meanings as well, for example, in linguistics to denote the "gender" of a noun, but this article deals with the word's sexual and social meanings.
More to come.
Notes and References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Francoeur, Robert F., Martha Cornog, Timothy Perper, and Norman A. Scherzer, Editors. (1995). "The Complete Dictionary of Sexology, New Expanded Edition." New York: Continuum.
- ↑ Seward, Georgene H. and Robert C. Williamson, Editors. (1970). "Sex Roles in Changin]g Society." NY: Random House. A classical reference with ground-breaking essays by a number of scholars.
- ↑ Reference to come.
See also
I hope people will comment here or on User:Timothy_Perper/Sandbox where I've include the preceding material for easier editing.
Timothy Perper 12:20, 26 September 2008 (CDT)