Gender and Sex: A Sociological Mapping

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31305/rrjss.2026.v06.n01.006

Keywords:

Gender, Sex, masculine, feminine, socialisation

Abstract

This paper, largely based on conceptual and theoretical orientations, addresses two relevant perspectives that is gender and sex through the disciplines of biology and sociology. It is argued that gender and sex are ambiguous as far as both disciplines are concerned. Gender is used in this context as an analytical tool to comprehend social facts pertaining to women and men whereas sex refers to physical differences of the human body. The former is socially constructed and the latter is biologically determined. In this connection, an attempt for this paper is made to focus on how gender and sex are differentiated from each other socially and naturally. It is then gender socialisation and gender role remain imperative for sexes.

Author Biography

  • Dr. Jitendra Ram, Associate Professor, Department of Sociological Studies, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya Bihar

    Jitendra Ram is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociological Studies, School of Social Sciences and Policy, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya Bihar. He is one of the founder members of the Department. He did his MA. M.Phil. and Ph.D. in sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He started his academic career in Sociology in 2012 at the postgraduate level courses in the Central University of South Bihar and participated in several national and international conferences, seminars and workshops. He has also contributed research articles in various reputed journals such as Social Action, Economic and Political Weekly, Indian Anthropologist, Mainstream, Man In India, etc. He has authored book titled Social Exclusion and Status Formation: Emerging a New Social Status among Dalits in North Bihar (2003).

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Published

2026-06-25

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): Research Review Journal of Social Science

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Articles

How to Cite

Jitendra, R. (2026). Gender and Sex: A Sociological Mapping . Research Review Journal of Social Science , 6(1), 57-62. https://doi.org/10.31305/rrjss.2026.v06.n01.006