In the subject of sociology, there is difference between gender and sex. Sociology defines the sex as biological terms to assign each individual into different groups of female and male however, gender is the overall understanding of how culture of society shapes between women and men and how they affect and assign the meaning to our understanding from the biological point of view. From the sociology of gender point of view, it explains that how society have effect on our perception and understanding of the differences which is settled between the behavior of men and women as well as their norms, power, and attitude which are involved in the gender. In fact, functions and tasks are assigned to man and woman as suitable to them. For example before industrialization and modernization women used to work beside men in farms however, by the beginning of industrialization and modernization there could be seen more differences and distinction in the tasks as well as function. But it does not mean that before industry revolutions there was no inequality and differences, actually it was not much clear within the family relationship compare to modernization and industrialization.
Actually, gender norms are those
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In other word, since gender is culturally transmitted and it settled into sociological compare to sex which is biological traits therefore it explain that the relationship among the gender (man vs woman) are varies and can be changed through the period of time. An example of gender construction of reality is the way man and woman are dressed and how people assign meaning to the symbols during the