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SOCIO 102
Gender and Society
PRELIM REQUIREMENT
PART 1: SEX VS. GENDER
Instructions: Please read each item carefully. ( 5 x 10 points= 50 points)
A. Identify whether the statement is part of Sex or Gender. Write the word Sex or Gender
on the space provided.
B. Write a brief explanation why the certain statement belongs to Sex or Gender.
1. There are more women than men in the caring professions such as nursing. GENDER
Explanation: Nursing was considered female role. Just as the role of a physician was
considered a male role. this was likely because the role was considered to be one of a
nurture. I can tell you that while the majority of nurses are female we do see increasing
numbers are female we do see increasing numbers of males in the field.
2. In one case, when a child brought up as a girl learned that he was actually a boy, his
school marks improved dramatically. GENDER
Explanation:
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3. Women are susceptible to cervical cancer, men are not. SEX
Explanation: This cancer can affect the deeper tissues of their cervix and may spread to
other parts of their body often the lungs, liver, bladder, vagina, and rectum. Most cases
of cervical cancer are caused by infection with human papillomavirus
4. According to UN Statistics, women do 67 percent of world’s work, yet their earnings for it
costs only 10 percent of the world’s income. GENDER
Explanation: Only 50% of women of working age are in the labour force, compared to 77%
of men. The gender gap is especially large in Northern Africa, Western Asia and Southern
Asia. Women are more likely than men to be unemployed or to be contributing family
workers.
5. Boys are adventurous and brave while girls are patient and tolerant. GENDER
Explanation: It may be that men are placed more frequently in positions that require
physical bravery indeed, men overwhelmingly outnumber women in the military, police
forces and in fire departments but women do well with moral and social forms of bravery.
PART II. RESEARCH. 100 POINTS
Instructions: Look for 2 articles dedicating their discussion on human
sexuality. It could be from published books or from websites online. Cite
the source.
2. Make a summary of that article.
3. Write an essay about your understanding and insights on each article.
4. Please refer to the format below.
Emerging Perspectives on Distinctions between Romantic Love and Sexual Desire
Title of the First Article
Summary:
Love and desire are fundamentally different subjective experiences with
distinct neurobiological substrates. An individual's sexual predisposition
for the same sex, the other sex, or both sexes may not circumscribe his or
her capacity to fall in love. Role of oxytocin in both love and desire may
contribute to the widely observed phenomenon that women report
experiencing greater interconnections between passion and desire than
men
Essay (insights and realizations):
Despite the fact that sexual desire and romantic love are frequently
experienced together, they are fundamentally different subjective
experiences with separate neurological substrates. The evolutionary
origins of each sort of experience serve as the foundation for these
distinctions. Sexual desire evolved in the context of sexual mating,
whereas romantic love or pair bonding emerged in the context of infant-
caregiver attachment. As a result, not only may individuals feel these
emotions independently, but an individual's sexual preference for the same
sex, the opposite sex, or both sexes may not limit his or her ability to fall in
love with partners of either gender.
Source:
Sexual desire typically denotes a need or drive to seek out sexual objects
or to engage in sexual activities, whereas romantic love typically denotes
the powerful feelings of emotional infatuation and attachment between
intimate partners.
Human Sexuality: How Do Men and Women Differ?
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Title of the First Article
Summary:
A large body of scientific research documents four important gender
differences in sexuality. Men's sexuality tends to be more malleable and
capable of change over time. Women place greater emphasis on committed
relationships as a context for sexuality. Aggressiveness is more strongly
linked to sexuality for men than for women.
Essay (insights and realizations):
Four key gender variations in sexuality have been documented by a large
body of scientific study. For starters, men have more sexual desire than
women on a variety of scales. Second, women place a higher value on
committed relationships as a setting for sexuality than males. Third, men's
violence is more firmly tied to their sexuality than women's. Fourth,
women's sexuality is more fluid and adaptable over time than men's. These
male-female disparities are pervasive, affecting not only heterosexuals but
also lesbians and homosexual men's ideas and feelings, as well as their
conduct. The ramifications of these patterns are examined.
Source:
Women have a much more variable sex drive than men, and are far more
responsive to the circumstances in which they are sexually active. Men, he
argues, have a fixed, biologically-determined sex drive that is relatively
insensitive to context; women's sex drives are highly responsive to their
environment.
