Culture And Gender Identity

The theory of gender being biologically determined emphasized, in terms of western culture, that women were mediocre to men since they were associated in terms of domestic undertakings, hence, their primary role is reproduction and child care, while men and the public sphere of social responsibilities were co-related (Weber 1998, p.17). It was asserted that women wherever is associated with nature, to a degree due to their reproductive systems, while men were associated with culture. This is why nature compared to culture is considered mediocre, which accounts for the hierarchical relations between men and women (Lorber 1991, pp. 102-103). Sex then, as far as concerned, within the terms of western discourse, is something that distinguishes …show more content…
With the aim to evaluate to which account is more persuasiveness, it is vital to investigate the notion of gender-based social constructions, which figures one’s gender identity is fashioned by culture and geography instead. The theory suggests that gender is socially constructed as roles of gender are incessantly changing at different levels of social institutions and personal identity. Gender is rooted in history and geography, therefore at different times and places, gender is defined by society’s interpretations. (Weber 1998, pp. 16-17). Combining gender with culture and geography, this suggests that gender classifications are not entirely binary, showing possibility that some males are women; vice versa (Haslanger 2000, p.20). This means that while the sexes of people are determined by biology, they prefer to express themselves in a feminism manner as such behaviours are engineered towards the way they can express themselves more freely. In this way, the theory of social constructions has the ability to rebut the argument that gender is solely biologically determined. The western dominant culture outlines …show more content…
While is argument is more persuasive, it still lacks the acknowledgment of a person’s own being (gender) and their
(gender) identity through their physical form.

Moore’s study produces a more convincing account of gender construction. It balances out to prove that although gender is not biologically determined; the idea of biology cannot be entirely divorced from gender. Although the differences between sex and gender may be categorically apparent, they are interconnected. While the concepts of sex and gender are not meant to have the same explanations, sex and gender are intertwined in which they have to go hand-in-hand in society evidently (Moore 1994, p.88). And, as for gender discourse, one permanent locus continued is the gender and sex separations. Gender despite being portrayed as constructed by society’s standards, the underlying idea is that although biology does not have a direct influence over