Difference Between Masculinities And Feminities

I believe the authors mean that both feminities and masculinities are defined by society and not by biology. Society places people’s behaviors in either the feminine or masculine category. However, this categorization is not a description of someone’s sexual orientation. For example some gay men can have masculine or feminine traits. So just because you are a gay man does not mean that you have to act feminine and the same goes for women. Just because a woman is a lesbian does not mean that acts more masculine.

I feel that the concepts of sexual identities, biology and desire can be quite complicated because you can be biologically born one sex and be attracted either to the opposite sex or like the same sex or like both sexes. Or you can be born one sex and identify with another sex and be attracted to the sex you …show more content…
Because of these differences it causes problems within our society because many in our society think of a persons sex as either male or female and that an act of sex should only be between the opposite sexes.

I feel that men often try to keep women suppressed and dependent upon the man since they are usually the ones in power. I believe that men do this so that they can stay in power because if they allowed a woman to hold a higher place in society then the male would no longer be the dominant one in power. However, throughout the years women have fought for equal rights and have been granted more rights within our society. However, there is still a long way to go since there is still a major deficit within the work force where women still cannot hold the same position as a man or if they do they are paid considerably less for the same job. Our textbook backs up this notion when it states, “occupational sex segregation (defined as an occupation in which one gender accounts for 80% of the workforce) is an enduring feature within societies.” (Alcoff et al.) Its lists in table 12.1 on page 351 several typical female