Keeping It Sexy & Safe

It’s common for people to confuse biological sex and gender. Our sex only refers to our sexual anatomy and chromosomes. Our gender is our biological, social, and legal status as girls and boys, women and men. Each culture has standards about the way that people should behave based on their gender. For example, many cultures expect and encourage men to be more aggressive than women.

 

Here we will look at the meaning of "sex" and the differences between the sexes; we will also look at the meaning of "gender," "gender roles," "gender stereotypes", "gender discrimination" and "gender based violence"