gender as a social institution

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Definition



explainable by the body




gender as a social institution material body




historicity gender is not




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Term

,12. Institutions and individuals mutually constitute each other, they are
not separable into macro and micro phenomena




- Allocate privilege and advantages a. Rejects that institutions are
to some social positions big and individuals are small
- subordination and disadvantages to and that institutions are
others separate from individuals




- "make sense"
- constrain by forbidding alternatives
- shaped by shared cultural rules and
and choices
norms
- empower by making alternatives
- boy, girl, woman, man are
and choices of action possible
interrelated




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gender is something that is created by society




examples of how institutions are
two other points about institutions
entwined with the state

, example of how no institution is
totally separate from others, each gender as a social institution
links to others




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historicity




explainable by the body Gender and sexuality are intertwined




gender is something that is created
gender varies over time
by society




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example of how no institution is totally separate from others, each links
to others