The Gender dichotomy categorizes objects, behaviors, thoughts, social settings, events, emotions, careers, college majors, etc. either masculine or feminine according to that society. Depending on the biological sex of the person determines which of these two categorizes the persona falls into. According to the dichotomy, biological men should be masculine, and biological females should be feminine. Also, the two should be mutually exclusive of each other (West & Zimmerman, 1987; Maplas, 2011). A great example is stereotypical 1950s TV shows with the “All American Home.” The mother does the domestic work, and the father goes to work. The father always has the last say and is the head of the house. While the mother does everything in the background of the family. Everything is divided between the genders, and responsibilities are separate (Kliuchko, 2011). However, like most aspect of a person’s life, gender is not a dichotomy, it is a
The Gender dichotomy categorizes objects, behaviors, thoughts, social settings, events, emotions, careers, college majors, etc. either masculine or feminine according to that society. Depending on the biological sex of the person determines which of these two categorizes the persona falls into. According to the dichotomy, biological men should be masculine, and biological females should be feminine. Also, the two should be mutually exclusive of each other (West & Zimmerman, 1987; Maplas, 2011). A great example is stereotypical 1950s TV shows with the “All American Home.” The mother does the domestic work, and the father goes to work. The father always has the last say and is the head of the house. While the mother does everything in the background of the family. Everything is divided between the genders, and responsibilities are separate (Kliuchko, 2011). However, like most aspect of a person’s life, gender is not a dichotomy, it is a