The concept of gender originated in the 1970s in order to differentiate the social and cultural roles, expectations along with the biological differences between men and women from social roles performed by men and women. Ann Oakley, (1972) goes onto explain that "gender is not a fixed concept"; instead it is determined by the creation of social norms and stereotypes, through culture, through the use of verbal and nonverbal signifiers, which then go onto identify the proper, and acceptable behaviour of the ‘gender'. So therefore gender can be understood as a process, or as a social institution and even as a stratification system (Lorber 2000), or the psychological and the socio-cultural dimensions of being a male and a female. It is about behaviors, beliefs, norms, ideas and myths of being a man or woman. Generally gender is referred to as the way people of different cultures assign roles, responsibilities, status and how they relate to each other based on how they perceive and......

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Title: Gender
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