It is a biological fact with social implications. Women constitute a distinct social group, and the character of that group, long neglected by historians, has nothing to do with feminine "nature." "Gender" is the term now widely used to refer to those ways in which a culture reformulates what begins as a fact of nature.
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Overview of the way social expection and exposure helps construct and reconstruct gender identity. ... Social construction of gender new window 42k new window looks at the ongoing process of gender construction.
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“FAQ: if feminism is a social construct, aren’t feminists saying that gender doesn’t really exist at all?” ... Also, when you refer to gender as a social construct, does that mean that it has been artificially imposed?
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I've been involved in a number of conversations lately about the social construction of gender, and it occurs to me that what it means for gender to be a social construct, along with the implications of a social construction theory of gender, is not clear to a lot of people.
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The Social Construction of Gender:; "Gender is a social construct. It is what culture and society make of the fact that you are a man or a woman; just as class is what societies make of the divisions of wealth and labor, and just as class differences lie at the heart of unequal life experiences, so does gender." ;
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Is gender a social construct or a biological imperative? paper by Babette Francis presented to 7th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference 2000. ... "Is gender a social construct or a biological imperative?"
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"IS GENDER A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT OR A BIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE?"; Babette Francis; ... European Union definition of "gender" as an arbitrary social construct which could include several "genders"; he insisted that "gender" be defined in its common meaning of two sexes, male and female. The hapless Max Padilla was duly...
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He did not offer any explanation why if women had such high social value bordering on the sacred, the majority of them were subordinate to men and suffered discrimination and oppression. (He did not deny that gender inequalities and women’s oppression existed).  I found this explanation inadequate.
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It would seem that this approach would be detrimental to the transgender community. By saying that gender is a purely social construct aren't you negating the idea that your body's gender and your soul's gender do not match?
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