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GENDER The word 'gender' is frequently used wrongly, i.e. assuming sex and gender are the same concept. The first person to make this distinction was America psychoanalyst Dr Robert Stoller (1968). He stated that 'sex' is the biological makeup which defines the differences between men and women, i.e. external genitalia and internal genitalia. He goes on to point out that 'gender' is what make people either feminine or masculine, also that sex and gender …

…they bestow the rules of masculinity and likewise for a girl. Studies have shown that society is evolving with regard to the suppression of women, however there is still masses of evidence to show that it still goes on. There is so much emphasis on equality in today's society through schools, the government etc, therefore young girls do have slightly better life chances than they did 50 years ago but unfortunately not as much as boys.