Chapter 12: Gender
- Problems with Binary Gender Discourse: Using Context to Promote Flexibility and Connection in Gender Identity - This article describes how the binary gender discourse may result in challenges for young people whose gendered identity differs from their biological sex, demonstrating the intersections of sex and gender.
1. What is meant by the term 'gender'?
2. How is ‘gender-aberrant’ behaviour treated within western societies?
3. Why may binary discourses present difficulties for young people with gender identifications which differ from their biological sex?
- The Global Compact and Gender Inequality: A Work in Progress - This article discusses how gender inequality has been overlooked by an organisation focused on reducing poverty, demonstrating how gender intersects with global inequalities.
1. How do gendered systems contribute towards gendered inequalities?
2. How have gendered inequalities been measured?
3. Why may the inclusion of women's voices help to address gendered inequalities?
- Framed Before We Know It: How Gender Shapes Social Relations - This article explores how the concept of gender shapes social interactions, demonstrating how gender acts as a primary cultural frame for coordinating behaviour and organizing social relations.
1. What is meant when gender is described as a 'primary cultural frame'?
2. How do gender stereotypes shape how men and women are perceived?
3. How do gendered stereotypes become culturally hegemonic?