Gender as a Role The first stage of analysis as to whether gender plays a role in society and to what degree it does so begins with the classification and distinguishing of the terms "sex," "sexual category," and finally "gender." One may be in a sex category even if the sexual characteristics are lacking. Gender activities are thus a furthering of and derived from "sexual categories." Therefore, the emphasis is not so much on the chromosomes of the individual but the set of actions that humans involve themselves in during social interactions.

Since society is categorized by physiological differentiation, gender can dictate relationships in the sense that gender speaks to who you are and so in essence results in being an identifier to those who wish to bear responsibility for their actions. Here the authors argue that gender is not an accurate...

Gender is not limited to playing a few fundamental roles. As a result the authors argue that it is erroneous to rely so much on gender.
Because gender is so versatile, it is by definition adaptable and shifts frequently to accommodate new meanings in new situations. Therefore, when gender roles are emphasized too long by too many people as a fundamental guiding system of interpreting or judging another person, we as a society, give in to the simpler solution of not having to think or act in response to ever changing roles. This is what ultimately leads to the subordination of woman to man in a larger sense that gender roles that are used to make decisions, and act in certain predetermined ways preclude inventive social modification that would…