Judith Lorber The Social Construction Of Gender Analysis

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The article “The Social Construction of Gender” by Judith Lorber is a real eye opener to the way most men and women alike are educated and informed a certain way based on one’s gender. The article dug deep for readers to really ponder upon if this article correlated to their own life. It tied in with my life, specifically the labeling of a person as a male or female. Whenever I’m by myself or when I’m with friends, if we see someone who we can’t identify as a male or female due to their clothes or appearance, it has just been ingrained in my mind from the way I was raised to try and figure out if they’re male or female. I found this to be authentic of myself, “We are uncomfortable until we have successfully placed the other person in a gender