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Title: Gender Studies Exam
Discuss the terms sex and gender: explain how they are defined separately and how are they related to one anothe
    Sex is something that appears as a kind of biological categorization that is based on the reproductive potential, on a primary basis. However, gender is something that social elaboration provides that of biological sex. It is also to be taken into consideration the various social norms that concern the heterosexual coupling. Therefore, it is functional in taking care of any resulting children concerning anything that is closely intertwined with gender. Therefore, we can base Sex in a matter that involves the combination of endocrinal, anatomical as well as chromosomal features. It, therefore, ensures the selection among these criteria for sexual undertakings. As mentioned by Fry et al., it is important to consider the fact sex and gender does not appear as coextensive factors to each other. However,
eaking away from the traditional approach the feminists disagreed and therefore made this distinction for countering biological determinism as well as the view that concerns biology as destiny.
Define the term "patriarchy" and explain why it is considered a system. In your response, cite at least two quotes (from two different course readings or videos) and explain one specific way feminism is related to patriarchy.
    Patriarchy, if it is to be determined in the manner of a generalized matter than it refers to the oppression meted out by men towards women, but there happens to be a psychological work that happens to be the key in the developmental work.
    Patriarchy means the rule automated by the father. It, therefore, means that the father therefore dominates a family. It shows how power is eventually transfe
ed down the male line. It, therefore, paves the way to put forth the fact that a patriarchal society is based upon the dominance meted out by the male (Kononova et al.).
    Feminists, however, have discarded this traditional political construct and therefore autho
activist such as Simon De Beauvoir challenged the male potency and questioned the meaning of real man and the way manhood is constructed. — She emphasized the fact that being or cele
ating patriarchy does not mean being a girl or being a woman and it means that one who is on the top (DiCesare).
    Define the term "hegemonic masculinity" and explain how men and women might participate in its maintenance. Be specific, cite at least two quotes (from two different course readings or videos), and provide at least one example from contemporary culture.
    The very concept of the hegemonic masculinity, as mentioned by Messerschmidt has continued to survive in the gender studies since the early- 1970s, this is solely for explaining men’s power over women. It is based on the Stress that is provided to the legitimate power of consent rather than any kind of crude physical for ensuring submission and the participation of men, who exercise any kind of violence for threatening. However, violence has often been viewed as a kind of considerable repertoire concerning that of the everyday acts of low-level...