Question

In the weekly theme, we explored an apparent contradiction; categories like race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and so on are at once socially constructed and yet every bit as real as a physical force like gravity. Citing scholarly works from your class readings or from outside of the course readings, discuss how these social constructs become real in how people relate to one another. Give clean and concrete examples. Remember, you can't see gravity, but you can examine and point out its effects, and so it is with these crucial categories by which difference is defined.

Answer 1

Answer:

Gender: everyone is born either as a male or transgender or female . our society labels the male children as boys while labeling our females as girls. Our environment socializes these children in to defined socially constructed and concerted roles, expectations, behaviors and attitudes for each gender.

Explanation:

Gender roles are are actually constructed and defined and upheld by the society, there is no scientific information to demonstrate social constructs, because either men or women can always exchange the roles and general duties or anyone can express masculine or feminine characteristics.

Women are generally assigned to lesser demanding or demeaning roles and and also socialized to behave in submissive and childlike and graceful behavior. meanwhile ,the men are socialized to be the bread winners, to be authoritative, strong and aggressive(park,1986).