The social construction of reality is what we as a society invented and created that we accept as the norm or the truth. Discrimination based someone’s gender is a social construction of our reality for various reasons. First of all, gender itself is a social construct. It is not the same thing as someone’s biological sex. Anna Leon-Guerrero defines gender as a “social construction of masculine and feminine attitudes and behaviors.” Society has decided what behavior and attitudes are deemed as “acceptable.” To discriminate against someone for their gender is to decide what one thinks as right or wrong or good or bad based on no scientific evidence but based on stereotypes and predispositioned ideals. Discrimination results in real consequences
