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Gender Dichotomy Analysis: Hi Dr. Cohen

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Hi Dr. Cohen,
In our society, dichotomy is a way to separate people, gender, ethnicity etc. According to an article from Sociology in Focus, our society tries to separate us in-group and our society believes our gender is a natural way to define someone. For example, our society automatically defines boys as their appearance as masculine or girls are feminine. However, it is not like that at all. Some boys do not have a masculine appearance and women can have a masculine appearance and women can be masculine as well. (Palmer, 2012) Women are still trying to gain higher position within our society and I do believe that our society still faces gender social construction. Women are still struggling to be in the same level as men when it comes

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