1. The philosophy of a tomboy
Sociologically, gender roles describe the behaviors and responsibilities prescribed for each sex by a given society. ... Gender must not be mistaken with sex. ... What is really discovered about each of us at that point is not our gender, but simply our sex. ... In this way, gender is intimately connected to social expectations, rather than to sex: we allow the knowledge of the sex of a child to inform us which set of gender characteristics we are supposed to encourage in that child. ... Because it is generally accepted that there are only two sexes, society has created a two-gender model:...
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