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Title: What Is Gender? (commentary)
Post by: katia on December 07, 2007, 11:29:12 PM
Post by: katia on December 07, 2007, 11:29:12 PM
What Is Gender? (commentary)
http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20057130.shtml
By Ambassador Famah J. Bangura
12/7/2007
"Gender refers to a system of roles and relationships between women and men in a given social, (economic and political) context. It is an analytical term that refers to those characteristics of women and men which are socially determined. Everything that women and men do, and everything that is expected of them can change, and does change over time and according to changing and varied social and cultural factors."
http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20057130.shtml
By Ambassador Famah J. Bangura
12/7/2007
"Gender refers to a system of roles and relationships between women and men in a given social, (economic and political) context. It is an analytical term that refers to those characteristics of women and men which are socially determined. Everything that women and men do, and everything that is expected of them can change, and does change over time and according to changing and varied social and cultural factors."