Society’s Gender Construction

Society’s Gender Construction
Student's Name
Institution
Course Name
Instructor’s Name
Date
Society’s Gender Construction
"Gender" is how society defines men and women; employing the idea that males are bold and assertive while females are feeble and cowardly is an instance of gender socialization. Sex describes biological distinctions between males and females, while the human anatomy illustrates biological differences such as women having gentle voices, no beards, and less muscle than males. Society further categorizes men as the heads of families and the primary breadwinners, while women are stuck with the chores.
People have different perceptions of men and women, whether hidden or obvious. Implicit and explicit beliefs are sometimes correct, but only sometimes. Therefore, it is true that men are bold and can thrive in math, but not all can. On the other hand, women may as well excel at math, sometimes even more than men. To prevent misinterpretation, people should investigate a gender stereotype before confirming it.
Society refers to ambivalent sexism as having both excellent and negative feelings towards sex, which experts link to gender stereotypes. Understanding ambivalent sexism requires a thorough examination of various women-related topics. Men exploit these ambiguous views of women to control organizations and keep women in lower positions. Society expects women to always be submissive to men regardless of the time and place.
Gender construction permeates society to major on gender disparities which have now become prominent in leadership. Many female CEOs are charming, adorable, and gorgeous, but society will say that a male CEO is "a very excellent leader." A sentence like "the female CEO is cute, peaceful, and beautiful" suggests that she is too sentimental to lead. Because men's desire to be in charge and control leads to actions that ignore women's needs, ambivalent sexism maintains the gap between men and women, particularly in terms of power and influence.
Structural functionalism, a theoretical concept, sees society as a complex system with interconnected pieces that work together for stability and prosperity. The idea analogizes the human body, which has components like the brain, lungs, ears, and nose. Every organ has a purpose depicting that if by any chance one organ fails, the body suffers (Trueman, 2015). The theory makes many assumptions about how the system works. The assumption is that all systems preserve equilibrium; the theory also assumes that systems comprise interconnected elements that individually serve the whole. It also implies that system components reach a consensus while gender divides society into male and female roles, according to structural functionalists (Trueman, 2015). Organizational management has horizontal and vertical job segmentation, which is rampant today.
Vertical segmentation places men at the pinnacle of an organization's structure and women somewhere at the bottom. Leadership, education, and so...