The Second Sex

Sex can be defined as a biologically constructed classification defining person into male or female (Wood, 1994; Eckert & McConnell-Ginnet, 2003). In other words, male and female differences can be seen by identifying their genetic and physical characteristics, such as internal and external organs (Wood, 1994; American Psychological Association, 2011). Since it is determined by biological aspects, sex categorisation is considered fixed and called by Esplen and Jolly (2006) as ‘a destiny line’.…

First, I would advocate for sex education and female health education. This includes the education of STDs and HIV/AIDS, including the risk factors, safe sex practices, consent culture, and healthy childbirth and its dangers. This would greatly improve the health education amongst the population and provide healthier living conditions and practices. Second, I would advocate for abortion rights. This focuses on the idea and dangers of overpopulation…

the difference between sex and gender? How the latter develop? Introduction: In current society it is important to be open and tolerate to be able to understand that in the present life does not appear just sex as man and woman anymore, something new come across called gender. Topic sex and gender is often used, but is it everyone knows the difference? Is it known how to recognise the characteristics features? Today’s society knowns most but still not everything of the term sex, but gender is…

They want love, a hug and a kiss now and then, passion, money, sex, children, grandchildren, and a kitchen appliance or two. There are those who want fulfilling job, someone to care for and who cares for her, and someone who are willing to go the duration. Granted, some women want much more than others but if men exchange…

Anne Fausto-Sterling’s “Dueling Dualisms” explores the concept of gender and sex through society’s perspective. Fausto-Sterling initiates the selection by introducing readers to the story of Maria Patiño. Patiño who is a Spanish Olympic hurdler who was forced to have a sex test to prove her sexuality. She tested positive for being a male and was eventually “barred from competing on Spain’s Olympic team” (Fausto-Sterling, 4). Readers eventually learned that the reason why Patiño tested positive…

in your schoolwork or if its just another theory. The experiment conducted was based off a random group of thirty-nine people who anonymously took the survey from a link on Facebook. The participants were asked basic question such as their age, sex (gender), amount of exercise in a week, average mental performance,…

both men and women are built the same way. Although some may believe in Man being on top, women can do anything a man can do. Over 1 billion years ago, sex evolved into single-cell organisms. One eukaryotic cell would come in contact with another eukaryotic cell and if that cell responded, they would open their nuclei and swap chromosomes. “Sex evolved because combining the DNA of two organisms promoted better genetic fitness than one organism’s DNA replicating itself over and over (a.k.a.,…

four different categories; my first category was five male students who were eating alone, second, five male students who were eating in groups, third, five female students who were eating alone, and finally five female students who were eating in groups. While conducting this experiment I used…

humans behave can be difficult. Especially if sex and gender have to be taken into consideration. Do they have the same definition? Not necessarily. Sex refers to the biological and physiological distinction between men and women. Gender on the other hand, is the social, cultural roles by men and women, approved by society. While we are born with our sex, gender is learned overtime through various agencies in society. In this essay, the differences between sex and gender, sexual dimorphism, the…

Hermaphroditism is a very rare genetic disorder its where a baby is born having both male and female internal sex organs. This doesn’t mean that they possess all the sex organs completely. In many cases they might also have ambiguous genitalia where they can’t tell the difference between a penis or a clitoris. Hermaphroditism is also known as intersex; Disorders of sex development; DSDs; Pseudohermaphroditism; Hermaphrodite. Intersex is a better word to use because some people might take…