Sex vs Gender
... There were two articles studied by Group D, the first one tries to prove that men or women can be the aggressive sex, while the second article deals on which sex talks more and why. What it comes down too is, that both articles try to distinguish which sex is more dominant and why. Margaret Mead article, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, describes research done to see if cultures contribute to the shaping of a person. ... The reason why the gender roles in our society are the way they are is, in the culture we live in men are brought up to be more dominant in society. ... Having read both the articles, is going to be hard to stop gender inequality. The first article gives good examples on how gender roles can be assigned to a specific sex. ... We are so intertwined with the way our culture is now that, it will take us a long time to implement a plan, like assigned gender roles, to make any kind of difference in our society.