Sexuality and gender have different meanings and most people are confused and confounded between this two terms. Sexuality is what we were born to be, what we biologically are. We can be either boy or girl; man or woman. Gender is the result of the socialisation process and the construction of masculinity and femininity to the person’s life. This process is usually taught by their parents since the young age stage. The differing of Sexuality and gender follow the idea of dualism and binary thinking (Hall, 2017).
During the Victorian Britain era, working sectors are divided into two ‘Spheres’. The ’Private Sphere’ or ‘Feminine Sphere’ was known as the space and community of female working for the non-paid job surrounding their family and …show more content…
People accepted the characteristics of a female being subjective, emotional and embodied [female’s gender] (Hall, 2017) should be protected and this social construction represented the reality. Hence, the society is convinced that women should stay home. As women are kept at home for a long period of time, the neighbourhood and atmosphere inside the house will be more feminised (Pratt and Kraft, 2014). However, the effort of women working in this ‘Private Sphere’ was underestimated and relatively invisible in the economy. Thus, Monk and Hanson (1982) as a group of feminist geographers started to investigate towards not just men’s but women’s participation in the …show more content…
Day (2001) explained her understanding the fear of women being in public is a generalised idea of the importance of masculinity in women’s daily life. This gender dualism system still interacts with our daily lives. Hence, throughout the last 35 years of enhanced geographical knowledge on masculinity and femininity, it breakthrough the limit of this social construction (Pratt and Kraft, 2014). Rights of women are remodelling and their hard work towards the family is now recognised by others. ‘Feminised Space’ was a method of labelling women working only at home. However, as we move on from this traditional construction, in the present, men will stay home and work for the ‘Private Sphere/World’. Therefore, the label of ‘feminised space’ of being undervaluing household work may be an old fashion term as women and men are now equal in this
During the Victorian Britain era, working sectors are divided into two ‘Spheres’. The ’Private Sphere’ or ‘Feminine Sphere’ was known as the space and community of female working for the non-paid job surrounding their family and …show more content…
People accepted the characteristics of a female being subjective, emotional and embodied [female’s gender] (Hall, 2017) should be protected and this social construction represented the reality. Hence, the society is convinced that women should stay home. As women are kept at home for a long period of time, the neighbourhood and atmosphere inside the house will be more feminised (Pratt and Kraft, 2014). However, the effort of women working in this ‘Private Sphere’ was underestimated and relatively invisible in the economy. Thus, Monk and Hanson (1982) as a group of feminist geographers started to investigate towards not just men’s but women’s participation in the …show more content…
Day (2001) explained her understanding the fear of women being in public is a generalised idea of the importance of masculinity in women’s daily life. This gender dualism system still interacts with our daily lives. Hence, throughout the last 35 years of enhanced geographical knowledge on masculinity and femininity, it breakthrough the limit of this social construction (Pratt and Kraft, 2014). Rights of women are remodelling and their hard work towards the family is now recognised by others. ‘Feminised Space’ was a method of labelling women working only at home. However, as we move on from this traditional construction, in the present, men will stay home and work for the ‘Private Sphere/World’. Therefore, the label of ‘feminised space’ of being undervaluing household work may be an old fashion term as women and men are now equal in this