Question

Cultural Anthropology question - What are the benefits of using the concept of gender rather than sex in terms of understanding the political complexities of contemporary life?

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Answer 1

The benefits of using the concept of gender rather than sex in terms of understanding the political complexities of contemporary life include the fact that the term sex has a biological context but the term gender is a social concept. The term gender role refers to society's concept of how men and women are. Thus for understanding the political complexities of contemporary life we need to understand the role of the society and its concept of the roles of men and women.