Gender: Social Construct

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Gender: Social Construct Thanks to society, gender is no longer perceived as a choice. Rather, if it is not what society wants, it is wrong. Society forces people into different categories based on what it thinks is acceptable, thereby forming a social construct. The idea that society forms a social construct is supported not only by the content of the documents but by the perspectives of the documents. Five out of seven of the documents given are from the point of view of women discussing how gender is formed by a social construct. “What’s the Difference Between Boys and Girls?” and the article titled, “Couple Finally Reveals Child’s Gender, Five Years After Birth” are both about mothers’ opinions on the connections between gender and sex. The poem, “Barbie Doll” and the article “The Tragedy of Female Circumcision” are written by women who discuss, how society forces ideas and opinions onto people, can hurt them. The mothers of “What’s the Difference?” and “Finally Reveals Child’s Gender” are both mothers of sons so they have the perspective of how society warps the genders of both sexes. From the writing of “Barbie Doll” it’s clear the author has gone through a personal experience with how society forces their ideas onto people, to make them how they want. The author of “The Tragedy of Female Circumcision” also went through a personal experience, a traumatic one. All because how what her society in Africa thought would be a good idea to enforce on the women. All the documents have an idea about gender. Whether they go along with roles society has forced upon people or whether they realize how society forms a social construct and go against society’s ideas. The documents, “Barbie Doll” and “The Tragedy of Female Circumcision” go against the beliefs that society think are right and mock society’s ideas. “Barbie Doll” states:
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