Concepts such as gender, gender, and gender psychology are now widely heard. So what is gender? This concept is much broader than the simple belonging of an individual to a certain gender. The biological sex of the subject is not subject to change throughout his life (except in cases of surgical intervention). Gender is, rather, a psychological characteristic that has the properties to change in the course of the development of society, and is also not the same in different cultures and communities.
Definition
So what is gender? The definition of this concept is to describe the entire behavioral complex that characterizes the subject as a man or as a woman. It should be noted that physiological aspects play a secondary role here. First of all, gender is a socially determined model of a person that determines his position in society. The concept of gender includes the totality of cultural and social norms that are prescribed to a person by society, depending on the physiological gender. In other words, gender is what traits a person should have as a man or as a woman.
Thus, gender roles are determined by the characteristics of the society in which the person lives. It should also be noted that a biological man may not have a gender belonging to men at all, just like a woman.
Gender identity
How does the person’s gender formation in society take place, how does he assimilate sex-role characteristics, what problems arise if this does not happen? The formation or construction of the sexual identification of the subject throughout life - this is the problem of gender as a social concept. In the process of formation, a person goes through a number of stages of constructing gender identity. The first is gender identity itself. The subject is aware of his biological affiliation with a particular sex, is aware of his body. At the second stage, the training and adoption of social roles inherent in gender in a given society takes place. And finally, at the third stage, the completion of the gender structure of the individual is carried out; a person perceives himself as part of a social structure, builds appropriate relations between the sexes. Thus, gender is an integral part of the functioning of society, with its help certain relationships are built, a system of social stereotypes is created, etc.
The concept of gender in public opinion
Surely many have heard statements such as "a real man should ...", "a woman should ...", etc. This is a system of social stereotypes regarding gender. In the modern world of the emancipation of women, the establishment of gender equality, the destruction of the institution of marriage and family, a person is disoriented, he does not know what roles are inherent in a particular gender. There is a confusion, rejection by many people of the gender roles prescribed by archaic society. Thus, in the modern world, gender is a rather vague concept, which over time should undoubtedly change to meet the needs of society.