SOCIAL SCENCE

group of people who live in a community and share the same culture or live in same territory

characteristic of girls, boys, women and men that are socially constructed

masculine, physically strong, hard working and headof the family

feminine, emotionally strong, well dressed, sensitive, conservative

biological sex or physical sex , the term generally pertains to your identity depending on your sexual anatomy or genitals ( vagina for female; pennies and testicle for male)

• Personal sense of one’s own gender

• Deeply-held inner feelings of whether you’re female, male or neither

• Typically, males are comfortable identifying as a man and females as women. However there are some cases wherein a person’s biological sex does not align with one’s gender identity and this experience are referred to as Transgender ( undergo surgery to align their physical characteristics to their gender identity)

• Having romantic or sexual attraction to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender

• Inccludes lesbian, gay, straight (heterosexual), bisexual and asexual

a field of study concerned about how reproductive roles are interpreted and negotiated in the society through gender

the process of investigating social realities

the orientation in understanding social realities. This can be qualitative ( interpretive), quantitative ( deductive), or both

considerations in conducting a research to make sure the participants are ensured and doesn’t bring harm to people involved

sets of culturally defined behaviors such as masculinity and feminity

Higher regards for women, women were equally treated with men

known as (hermaphroditism) has two genitals of mamle and female

Undergoes surgery to align their physical characteristics to their gender identity

Men and Women have equitable power and roles

Aristotle and Plato viewed women as the inferior sex and only a property of men

Women has high status the concept of divine feminine. Herodotus, observed Egyptian women enjoyed their social status than Greek women

Confucius has written rules that dictate how women should conduct themselves andwomen should obey their father, and when married she should obey her husband.

“Three obedience’s and four virtues”

“ Precepts of women”

Greek word “Patriarkhes” means the rule of the father. Hold power in the political and the private spheres.

follows patriarchal society, only men can inherit property and the family name

Argued that patriarchy came when people started having private property

were very strict, heavily enforced, and often violent such as:

• Sexism

• Gender pay gap

• Underrepresentation in executive position

• Rape on women

• Women on how they behave

• Unrealistic depictions of women in fiction

feminist movement, promoting women's sense of self-worth

the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes

wrote a book titled “the Second Sex” in 1949

formed in Europe and they sought their rights. Later, they also won women’s right to decide on their own bodies and sexualities

• Women suffrage

• Equality in politics and society

• Reproductive rights

• Domestic violence

• Sexual harassment and sexual violence

• Right to divorce their husband, decisions on her pregnancy, equal employment, equitable wages