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Social gender construction in the West and Africa including its influence on the growth of African and Western feminisms. Last document update:   ago

Gender is a fundamental feature of all cultures, and gender roles, behaviours, and expectations that are socially constructed. The social construction of gender is a theory that holds that people essentially decide an individual's gender based on characteristics in their environment. The social construction of gender, according to my perspective, occurs when sociological circumstances around an individual are being used by, including within society to evaluate and define their gender characte...

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At the beginning of the semester, I had some reservations about this class. I picked the course because I wanted to learn more about feminist studies, despite the fact that I had no idea what to expect and let feminist prejudices determine how the course would be done. I'll be the first to say that I was wrong, but this program has permanently changed how I see the world and how I see myself.