Basic information about Gender

1.       Gender is culturally constructed by: 
·         The symbols associated with gender, such as particular clothing. 
·         The classifications of what is inherently male or female (some cultures minimize these, others emphasize them.
·         The relative values of the genders (some cultures see genders as equal to each other: other cultures value one over the other.
·         Behavior patterns, including what activities are appropriate for each gender.

2. Identify Female and culture

·         Western culture assumes that women are more nurturing, emotional, and caring than men.

·         Sometimes gender identity is hard to see in your own culture because you take it for granted. It can be useful to look at other cultures to understand how people view their roles as women or men in their society.

·         Culture constructs our sense of self and our understanding of our gender in very deep and personal ways.

3. Male identity

·         Gender roles in Canada are changing with respect to child care, with the increasing number of women in the workforce and support from the government, men are taking on increasingly more responsibility for child care in their families.

4. Alternate-Gender Identity:

·         Third Gender can included people who are intersexed (having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs), transgendered (having a gender identity that differs from their assigned biological sex).