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    The document provides an overview of key terms related to gender studies, including sex, gender, patriarchy, and feminism. It defines sex as biological characteristics and gender as societal roles and expectations of men and women. The document explains that gender is a social construct that varies by culture, while sex is a biological category. It highlights the importance of gender studies in understanding gender concepts and issues, as well as empowering women.

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    Lecture Outline

    Introductory Class

    Understanding Gender: Conceptual Overview and Meaning of Gender Related Terms

    Why Study of Gender and Development is Important:

    1. To understand the concepts relating to gender.


    2. To perceive the problems underlying gender issues.
    3. To find out ways to empower women.
    4. To find out the causes of that problem &
    5. To reach to solutions to that problem.

    Keywords: Sex, Gender, Patriarchy, Matriarchy, Feminism, Gender Mainstreaming,


    Gender Equity, Gender Equality, Gender Awareness, Gender Awareness, Gender
    Sensitivity, Gender Audit, Gender Violence, Gender Segregation.

    Sex: It denotes the biological orientation of men and women.

    Gender: The word gender was primarily expounded by Ann Oakley in 1970 which means
    societally developed characteristics of male and female.

    is a social and cultural construct, which distinguishes differences in the attributes of men and
    women, girls and boys, and accordingly refers to the roles and responsibilities of men and
    women. Gender-based roles and other attributes, therefore, change over time and vary with
    different cultural contexts. The concept of gender includes the expectations held about the
    characteristics, aptitudes and likely behaviours of both women and men (femininity and
    masculinity). This concept is also useful in analyzing how commonly shared practices legitimize
    discrepancies between sexes.

    Example: man = male sex+ masculine social role

    woman = female sex + feminine social role


    Difference between Sex and Gender:

    “Gender is the culturally variable elaboration of sex, as a hierarchical pair, where male id code
    superior and female inferior.

    Sex is a theory about human beings which divides them into two biologically based categories—
    male and female”

    SL Sex Gender
    No.
    1. It is biologically given and universal. It is historically and culturally variable.

    2. It is determined naturally by birth. It is determined by the societal attributes.

    3. It portrays human being as male, female. It creates division between male and female by
    imputing some socially developed varietals.
    man = male sex+ masculine social role
    woman = female sex + feminine social role
    4. It is immutable. It varies from society to society.

    5. Roles of human beings are not Roles of Human beings in society are determined by
    determined by this. this.

    Gender Situation in Bangladesh:

    1. Men are considered superior to women;


    2. Women are pictured as homemaker and men as bread winner;
    3. Women are subjected to domestic violence;
    4. empowerment of women is a constant struggle of women here;

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