Sugar and spice and everything nice, That’s what little teens are made of. Snips and snails and puppy tails, That’s what little mans are made of.

A gender role, also known as a sex role, is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their actual or perceived sex or sexuality.

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1. The sex/gender distinction. The terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ mean different things to different feminist theorists and neither are easy or straightforward to characterise.

Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity.Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex (i.e., the state of being male, female, or an intersex variation), sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity.

Extended reading list (with links) and study guide on what causes gender inequality (stratification). Aimed at graduate sociology and comprehensive examinations.

Gender Inequality And Women, Gender inequality, Gender inequality in India, Gender in India Maternal mortality rate, India, economic growth, Gender disparities, National policy for empowerment of women

Website for Joshua S. Goldstein’s book, War and Gender (Cambridge University Press, 2001).

1. Defining power. In social and political theory, power is often regarded as an essentially contested concept (see Lukes 1974 and 2005, and Connolly 1983).

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