Social construction of gender

The social construction of gender is a theory in the humanities and social sciences about the manifestation of cultural origins, mechanisms, and corollaries of gender perception and expression in the context of interpersonal and group social interaction. Specifically, the social construction of gender theory stipulates that gender roles are an achieved "status" in a social environment, which implicitly and explicitly categorize people and therefore motivate social behaviors.^[1]^[2]

^ Lindsey, Linda L. (2015). "The sociology of gender" (PDF). Gender roles: a sociological perspective. Boston: Pearson. p. 4. ISBN 9780205899685. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-11. Gender refers to those social, cultural, and psychological traits linked to males and females through particular social contexts. Sex makes us male or female; gender makes us masculine or feminine. By this theory, sex is an ascribed status because a person is born with it, but gender is an achieved status because it must be learned.
^ "GENDER (definition): Socially defined behavior regarded as appropriate for the members of each sex". socialsciencedictionary.com. Free Social Science Dictionary. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[pearsonhighered-1] Lindsey, Linda L. (2015). "The sociology of gender" (PDF). Gender roles: a sociological perspective. Boston: Pearson. p. 4. ISBN 9780205899685. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-11. Gender refers to those social, cultural, and psychological traits linked to males and females through particular social contexts. Sex makes us male or female; gender makes us masculine or feminine. By this theory, sex is an ascribed status because a person is born with it, but gender is an achieved status because it must be learned.

[2] "GENDER (definition): Socially defined behavior regarded as appropriate for the members of each sex". socialsciencedictionary.com. Free Social Science Dictionary. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

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