GNED 10 WEEK 1

INTRODUCTION
TO GENDER AND
SOCIETY
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the importance of society
and its various aspect.
2. Define sexuality and its concepts.
3. Identify different parts and functions of
both reproductive systems.
4. Compare sex and gender concepts.
5. Differentiate various sexual orientation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 Meaning and Nature of Society

02 Types of Society
03 Meaning and Nature of Gender
04 Sociology of Gender
05 Sexuality and Gender
1 Meaning and Nature of Society

SOCIETY
Group of individuals,
which is characteried by
common interest and
may distinctive culture
and institutions.
1 Meaning and Nature of Society

SOCIETY
Origin in Latin word

societas
“a friendy association with others”

socius
“Companion, associate, and comrade or business partner”

Derived from the French Word

socie’te’
1 Meaning and Nature of Society

SOCIETY
The Actual arrangement of social relation

CULTURE
Consist of beliefs and symbolic forms
2 Types of Society

1. Band Society
MARGARET MEAD (1965) Simplest form of human society
Cultural antropologist Consist of small kinship group
2 Types of Society

2. Clan
Group of people united by kinship
and descent, which is defined by
perceived descent by common
ancestors.
Involves adoption, marriage and
fictive genealogical ties.
Described as sub-group of tribes
2 Types of Society

3. Tribe
A social division within a
traditional society consisting of a
group of interlinked families or
communities sharing common
culture and dialect
2 Types of Society

4. Ethnic Group
is a human population whose
members identify with each other
usually on the basis of a
presumed common genealogy or
lineage.
2 Types of Society

5. Chiefdom
Any community led by an
individual known as a chief
2 Types of Society

6. State
Political association with effective
dominion over geographic area.
City-state is a region controlled
exclusively by usually having
sovereignty.
5 Gender and Sexuality
5 Gender and Sexuality
3 Meaning and Nature of Gender

GENDER
Refers to the socially-
constructed notion of and
relationship between men and
women.
It is not determined biologically,
as a result of sexual
characteristics of either women
and men but is constructed
socially
4 Sociology of Gender

Sociology of gender
Examines how society influences our understanding
and perception of differences between masculinity
and femininity

Social Identity
Gender and Sexuality are recognized as social identity
5 Gender and Sexuality COMMON GENDER
DEFINITIONS
Transpeople
Refers to when a person identifies with the opposite
gender- those who identify themselves opposite to
their sex assigned at birth and eventually to their
gender

Transsexual
Individuals identify as the opposite gender to their
biological sex.
Physical transformations, e.g genital reassignment
surgery or hormonal replacement theraphy
5 Gender and Sexuality COMMON GENDER
DEFINITIONS
Transgender
Broad term like Trans covers a range of identities
and or behavior. Transgender is most often use to
describe non traditional gender behavior or
identities
Intersex
Refers to a range of conditions where a person’s
sex is not strictly male or female. It is due to the
presence of male and female characteristics, or the
underdevelopement of primary sex
characteristics.
5 Gender and Sexuality COMMON TERMINOLOGY
ASSOCIATED WITH
Heterosexual or straight
SEXUALITY
Heterosexual refers to when people tend to be
attracted to the opposite sex or gender.

Gay
Refers to same-sex attraction and is most often used
to in reference of men.

Lesbian
Refers to women who are mostly attracted to other
women or people identifying as women
5 Gender and Sexuality COMMON TERMINOLOGY
ASSOCIATED WITH
SEXUALITY
Bisexual
Refers to the individuals who are attracted to both
sexes and gender. Pansexual or pan is also often
indicate a diverse sexuality, and attraction to people
regardless of their gender

Asexual
Refers to individuals who do not or have not yet
experienced sexual attraction to anyone.
 Sexual Refers to each person’s capacity for profound
5 Gender and Sexuality Orientation emotional affectional and sexual attraction to.

Homosexual Heterosexual Bisexual Pansexual Asexual

Refers to a Refers to a person Refers to a person Refers to a person Refers to a person
personwho is who is who is emotionally, who is capable who is not physically
emotionally, emotionally, physically, and emotionally and sexually
physically, and physically, and sexually attracted physically, and attracted to anyone
sexually attracted sexually attracted to individuals of sexually attracted to but has the same
to those of the to those of the more than one anyone regardless of emotional needs as
same sex/gender opposite gender. their biological sex everybody.
sex/gender and gender identity
 External manifestation of person’s gender, identiy,
Gender expressed through one’s name, pronouns, clothing, voice
5 Gender and Sexuality Expression and body characteristics

Masculine Gender Neutral

Person who has qualities Person whose qualities and
and characteristics characteristics differ from those
which are traditionally which are traditionally
associated with a man. associated with a man and
woman

Feminine Androgynous
Person who has qualities A person whose qualities and
and characteristics characteristics are combination
which are traditionally of those traditionally associated
associated with a woman with man and woman.