Sociology of gender

KABUL, Afghanistan - Women Afghan National Police officers, working hand-in-hand with their men counterparts, learn the finer points on how to use non-lethal force to quell civil disturbances during riot training conducted by U.S. forces.
Kabul, Afghanistan - before the restoration of the Islamic Emirate by the Taliban. Women Afghan National Police officers, working hand-in-hand with their men counterparts, learn the finer points on how to use non-lethal force to quell civil disturbances during riot training conducted by U.S. forces.

Sociology of gender is a subfield of sociology. As one of the most important social structures is status (position that an individual possesses which effects how they are treated by society). One of the most important statuses an individual claims is gender.[1] Public discourse and the academic literature generally use the term gender for the perceived or projected (self-identified) masculinity or femininity of a person.[2]

  1. ^ Lindsey, Linda L. (2015-10-14). Gender Roles: A Sociological Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-34808-5.
  2. ^ Wood, Julia (1994). Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on Views of Gender. North Carolina: Wadsworth Publishing.

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