Question

‘Gender’ is a/an: (a) biological entity (b) physiological construct (c) innate quality (d) social construct

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is (d) social construct.

Gender is basically the feminity or masculinity that forms the basis of discrimination and segregation in society.

It is a theory in sociology that gives rise to feminism and creates differences in society. Gender is a societal attribution that also gives rise to gender roles which are found to be appropriately related to a particular sex.

Answer 2

(d) Social Construct

Explanation:

• Social construct of gender is a theory in the sphere of feminism and sociology concerning manifestation of cultural backgrounds, processes and corollaries of perception & expression of gender in the form of interpersonal and group social contact .
• In specific, social gender construction specifies that gender norms in a social context are an achieved "status," indirectly, specifically and therefore motivating individuals and social behaviour.
• The social cognitive theory recognises gender roles as "socially" formed concepts acquired during one's life. These positions of gender are "repeatedly intensified by socialisation." These gender roles have been instilled in us since "the moment we were born."
• Gender sociology explores how society affects our perception & meaning of the distinctions between masculinity (what society considers the behaviour of men as appropriate) & femininity (what society considers a "woman's" behaviour to be appropriate).

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