...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Gender and Sex Worksheet ------------------------------------------------- Toni Roberts ------------------------------------------------- ETH/125 ------------------------------------------------- Instructor: Dr. P. Cornelious ------------------------------------------------- July 3, 2013 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 Community Services Center, Inc. (2013),”Transgender, at its most basic level, is a word that applies to someone who doesn't fit within...
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...Associate Program Material 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? Sex, biologically means chromosomes, hormone differences, internal and external sexorgans. Where gender describes the characteristics like masculine or feminine. So, your sex as male or female in the biological fact is usually the same in any culture but, what that sex means in terms of your gender role as a 'man' or a 'woman' can be different in your cultural or beliefs. How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Men are often viewed as masculine and women as feminine. Although these roles can be reversed, but used to be highly frowned upon and made fun of by most people. These days people are more open to the to others that reverses roles but there still are people that don’t agree with it. Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity? I thinks the concepts of gender and sex definetly contributes. My concept personally is that men should be men (masculine) and women should be women (feminine). I don’t completely agree with men being feminine completely. I don’t think cross dressers are allowed. I am okay for the most part with gay people and expressing themselves to a...
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...Associate Program Material 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? GENDER: is the range of mental, physical and behavioral characteristics that distinguish between male “masculinity” and female “femininity”. SEX: how the organisms are classified as either female or male based on their reproductive organs and functions. Yes I feel that gender and sex are the same thing for the most part reason being is that both state that a person is identified as either male or female based on ther physical characteristics. Although they are defined differently over all it means the same thing, except that for the word gender it says mental and behavioral characteristics distinguish whether someone is masculine or feminine. Based on those two things you can not always identify someones sex because if it is not stated in the topic or person saying he or she we would not know what the gender of the person being talked about is. Also it could be a transgender person. Gender. (2013). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender Biological Sex. (2013). In The free dictionary. Retrieved from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Biological+sex How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Masculinity...
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...Seven: Sex and Gender Worksheet ETH/125 Week Seven: Sex and Gender 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 World Health Organization (2014), “‘Gender’ refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women” (para.3). Gender is in fact a social construct, designed to allow us to categorize and identify people by a group of emotional traits, behaviors, and stereotypes. These groups are often assumed to correspond with physical characteristics such as long or short hair, pectoral muscles or breasts, or penis or vagina. Biologically, sex is the possession of male and female reproductive organs, or more specifically, XX chromosomes for women and XY chromosomes for men. According to World Health Organization (2014), “Some examples of sex characteristics: women menstruate while men do not, men have testicles while women do not, women have developed breasts that are usually capable of lactating, while men have not, and men generally have more massive bones than women” (para.2). Clearly, once defined gender and sex are as different as men and women, black and white, and all the gray areas in between. A biologically physical male can exhibit feminine traits and identify with the feminine gender, thus...
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...Associate Program Material 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? When a person speaks about gender they would be referring to a person being a male or female. Sex in biological terms is to look at the organs that are within a person that makes them male or female. No, gender and sex are not the same. Sex is all about the biology that makes up a person and gender is based on the characteristics of feminine and masculine. How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Sex and gender contribute to the concepts and construction of feminine and masculine by showing the differences of the two. Sex shows the physical differences. Women may have more of an hour glass figure while men are broader. With gender men are looked at as stronger emotionally and physically were as women are more nurturing. Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity? Of course, gender and sex contribute to the ways we view men and women and diversity. No matter what a person’s race is if they are a woman we view them as the weak one emotionally and physically. We view men to be tough, never frightened, and strong. There are many woman and men that have proved our societies...
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...Associate Program Material 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? Gender is the state of being male or female. Sex in Biological term is sex identifies a person as either female, male or intersex. It is determined by a person’s sexual anatomy, chromosomes and hormones. I think they are different, sex refers to chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and external sex organs and gender describes characteristics as in masculine and feminine. How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Women are often viewed as feminine and men as masculine, At times these rules can be reversed and people began to look down on it. In the past few years this has changed and people are more accepting of a women being masculine and men being feminine. Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity? Yes for sure, But my concept personally is that it does not really matter to me if a woman is masculine and a man is feminine because I do not feel that it is personally effecting me in anyway. I feel a person should be able to live their life the way they want to without people judging them. Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to our understanding of sexual orientation? Explain...
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...Associate Program Material 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? Gender is the state of being a male or a female. Sex in biological terms is a either of the two major forms of individuals that can occur in many of the species and that are distinguished respectively as a female or a male especially on the basis of their reproductive organs and their structures. Gender and sex are the similar but they are not the same. Gender refers to an individual while sex refers to the entire group as a whole. How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Sex helps us identify the difference between being a female or a male while gender helps us to identify the forms of masculinity or femininity. Gender identification plays a huge part in masculinity and feminity as well. Although the these roles can bereversed, but is often frowned upon and made fun of in modern society by most people.Although this has changed in the past few years with more people becoming accepeting of maculine women and feminine men. Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity? I believe our concept of gender and sex does contribute to the way we embrace gender and sex in diversity. We were taught...
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...Associate Program Material 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? Gender can be defined as the behaviors, attributes and roles associated with being either a woman or a man (Flintoff & Squires, 2008, para. 1), whereas sex refers to the atypical combinations of features that usually distinguish male from female (American Psychological Association, 2011). Sometimes gender and sex can be used interchangeably to some, but to me, I do not think they have any significance between the two. Such as in the case of a transgendered person, they may have the same attributes to that of a woman, like behavior (gender), but yet they present physical features of a man (sex). • How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity in ways that feature strength and courage to name a few. As to femininity, gender and sex can come in forms of nurturing or emotional. These characteristics can be switched as I mentioned in my example of transgendered individuals. • Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity? I believe so. Our concepts of gender and sex have been embedded into our culture for many years to...
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...Material 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? Gender refers to the personal sexual identity of an individual, regardless of the person's biological and outward sex. How people define masculinity and femininity can vary based on the individual's background and surrounding culture. Differing societal expectations in different cultures establish the behavioral, psychological and physical attributes that are associated one gender or another. Our biological sex is how we are defined as female, male, or intersex. It describes our internal and external bodies — including our sexual and reproductive anatomy, our genetic makeup, and our hormones. The words sex and gender are commonly used interchangeably, but many linguists would argue that their usage is quite distinct. Sex refers to the biological and physiological characteristics, while gender refers to behaviors, roles, expectations, and activities in society. How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Gender is our social and legal status as girls and boys, women and men. Gender identity is how you feel about and express your gender. Culture determines gender roles and what is masculine and feminine. Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to...
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...Associate Program Material 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? Gender is the state of being labeled as being a male or female. In Biological terms sex means determining whether or not the person is male or female based off of their organisms instead of by appearance. I do not think that sex and gender mean the same thing because gender refers to expectations, and roles that take place within society. Sex refers to physiological characteristics. www.medicalnewstoday.com/ How do gender and sex contribute to the concepts and constructions of masculinity and femininity? Women are often viewed as being feminine, while men are considered to be the masculine ones. Now a days things have changed, some men are famine and some women are muscular and weight train just like men. Society looks at women as being caring and the ones who take care of how, while men are labeled as the ones who go out and make the money so the woman can do what needs to be done at home. www.asexuality.org › . Do our concepts of gender and sex contribute to the ways we embrace gender and sex in diversity? I believe that we embrace gender and sex in diversity. I feel that many people look at us females one way and view men in another. In society people view one another as either being male or female...
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...Diversity Organizations Worksheet Clenetra Preston ETH/125 December 1, 2013 Keith Makedonsky Diversity Organizations Worksheet Throughout history women had less right in society and for year they were not allowed to work. Women we to bare children and take care of the household needs they were only look upon as housewives and nothing more. Over the years women have fought to work and provide for their families just like men. The Women Rights Movement came into place, and brought about many of the changes for women in today’s society. Women were allowed to work and had equal opportunities has men, but there was still a struggle for women to have the right to vote. In 1872, Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote in the year’s presidential election (Schaefer, 2012). This caused the Suffrage Movement were men and women fought to give women the rights to vote. In 1879 an amendment to the Constitution was introduces, but not until 1919 it was passed and a year later it was ratified as the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution for women to vote. Not to mention women have the right to vote and work in some of the same fields as men. For example women can work in the same factories as men. Women as firefighter, policemen (women), and can also hold a position in a government office. When we refer to masculinity and femininity we look at ones gender and the roles they play. For example when babies are born boys are dressed in blue and we buy trucks, cars, and...
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...ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WORKSHEET Your topic: African American Inequity In The Workplace Your tentative thesis: African American is to explain the two different viewpoints on how there are inequity in the workplace also to explain to readers different view other have about this subject List your sources in correct MLA format: Book: The Contextual Impact of Social Support Across Race and Gender: Implications for African American Women in the Workplace Bailey, Darlyne, Donald Wolfe, and Christopher R. Wolfe. “The Contextual Impact of Social Support Across Race and Gender: Implications for African American Women in the Workplace”. of Black Studies 26.3 (1996): 287–307. Web... Briefly summarize this source. In this book they explain black studies in comparison to how black women are treated in the workplace. the source also explain research that has been providing basic on age of black american women they then stated that women are most likely to have more support as being african american Scholarly Journal Article 1: RESKIN, BF. GETTING IT RIGHT: SEX AND RACE INEQUALITY IN WORK ORGANIZATIONS Reskin, Barbara F. "Getting It Right: Sex And Race Inequality In Work Organizations." Annual Review Of Sociology 26.(2000): 707. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Nov. 2015. Briefly summarize this source. Explain its relevance to your topic and whether it supports or goes against...
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...Associate Program Material Discrimination Worksheet Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimnation according to google search. It means, " the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things. when it comes to certain groups. example; race, age, sex." For me prejudice to me is like looking at a persons judgmental negative point of view on a group of people. Stereotyping is what you do when you meet someone for the first time, its like the saying the first impression on someone is the lasting impression. Stereotyping can also be a negative thing as well depending on a certain thing or situation. When I see discrimination I try not to say anything because you never know what a person can do, you don't know if that person is going to flip out on you or not. Also with discrimination it is like taking away the right away from someone. What are the causes of discrimination? To me with discrimination you can view it in different ways, but from what I learned its the human behavior that a person has towards another person, It could be because they are white or black, arab or jewish or indian. It can also be because that of a person race, religion, sex, age, what they wear, what disability that they have, how they look or what. But the reasonable answer on...
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Gender |Men are much better workers than |Women are terrible drivers. |Men should never get paid the same| | |women | |as women. | |Ethnicity |Asians are smarter people and very|Mexicans work hard and work cheap |Indians are good taxi drivers | | |good at math | | | |Race |Hispanics only eat rice and beans |Africans are better at sports |All Africans eat fried chicken | Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. ...
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...Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises, remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased, considerate, and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability |Category |Stereotype 1 |Stereotype 2 |Stereotype 3 | |Race |Cultural-high and low prejudice |Ambiguous- relevant |Congruent thoughts | | |persons |behaviors |Negative thoughts | |Gender |Gender Equality |Women are inferior to men |Men are messy | |Disibility |It’s a sickness |They are a menace to society |People treat them different. Some | | | | |people are different with them. | Part II Answer each question in 50 to 100 words related to those stereotypes. Provide citations for all the sources you use. ...
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