How Can Gender Be Defined?

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How Can Gender Be Defined?

The links below can help you to sample the many ways that people attempt to define gender, and how some resist attempts to define gender in too narrow a way.

Gender Differences Are Real
This essay argues that gender is a significant and important way of understanding human beings, detailing the various key differences across the two genders.
American Civil Liberties Union: Women's Rights
This site provides a statement on women's rights by one of the most powerful organizations in support of civil liberties.
Amnesty International
This site presents a position statement on women's rights published by Amnesty International, a well-established and influential civil rights organization.
National Women's History Project
This site features a wealth of information on women's history and gender studies, as well as biographical information on the overlooked accomplishments of women.
National Organization of Men Against Sexism
This site provides an intriguing attempt to find common concerns and common ground across genders. The National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) describes itself as "an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men." The organization proclaims the following mission: "NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay-affirmative, anti-racist, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities. We affirm that working to make this nation's ideals of equality for all people a reality is the finest expression of what it means to be men. We believe that the new opportunities becoming available to women and men through the feminist movement will be beneficial to both. Men can become happier and more fulfilled human beings by challenging the old-fashioned roles of masculinity that embody the assumption of male superiority."
Gender and Society
This article discusses the effects of gender roles upon our culture's attitudes and practices.
Gender in the Visual Arts
This link can extend the conversation about gender and art that is found in this parts' Visual Conversations section.
The Men's Movement
This site provides an overview of various threads of the "men's movement."

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