While reflecting on the readings on Institutions that I have covered during this semester, I have discovered that there is a lot I have acquired regarding the subject gender in institutions. For this particular discussion, I will focus on the institution of marriage which I believe has more than enough artifacts to review for this study. Artifacts in this institution come in great varieties, even though they are all products of the human actions that are meant to serve certain purposes. However, for this study, I will mainly center on the religious wedding ceremony, between man and woman, as well as between gay couples as an artifact that would provide a broad analysis of the interpretation of gender. Likewise, the study will apply three main concepts that I have picked up from the readings of this semester; gender roles, gender inequality and gender differences.
Looking at the concepts mentioned above, I believe that they provide an excellent reflection of the artifact that will be analyzed in the study. While gender roles are the respective behaviors acquired by someone because of their gender, gender inequality is the practice of treating men and women differently because of their gender and gender differences are the obvious dissimilarities between men and women. The three concepts do not just provide an opportunity to learn through reflection, but also enhance the insights and meaning acquired from the subject. These concepts combined with certain religious wedding traditions and practices uncover the differences between same-sex and heterosexual relationships, how the nature of weddings somewhat define gender stereotyping and the topic of traditional gender expectations. In other words, these concepts form a strong foundation for the research of this particular study.
In conclusion, I believe it is extremely important to understand the difference in sex and gender for the better of society. sex tends to relate to biological differences. There is a lot of people that has a binary gender perspective assumes that only men and women exist, obscuring gender diversity and erasing the existence of people who do not identify as men or women. Furthermore, this view fails to account for human intervention. As human beings, we have an impact on the social arrangements of society. This has led to many issues in society when it comes to equality for people that identify differently. Oppression and discrimination of normal people toward people that identify as differently than heterosexual has led to many issues in society when it comes to equality for groups that identify differently. It is unfortunate for the assaults and crimes that are targeted against the LGBTQ community. Marriage recently started to be legalized for people of the same sex in some places around the world. We all need to come together and accept that there is also, people that have different identities and feel different from the sex they are born.
