Difference Between Concepts of Gender and Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Sexual Identity

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Sex refers to the physiological and biological features that define women and men. Therefore sex involves one’s secondary sex characteristics and the reproductive system. On the other hand, gender can be said to be the socially constructed behaviors, activities, and roles that the society define men and women with. In the graph, the gap between marathon world records of men and women has been reducing with time. The graph shows how gender is socially constructed. The more the society views women as strong, the more they cover the gap between the marathon records. Therefore, women become stronger with time. The society expects women to compete with men on the same level and this is sh...