Answer to Question #106578 in Sociology for vincent

Question

do you agree that gender and race are social constructs and not biological?discuss with references to the sections in soE on gender and race to back up your argument(soE,pp85-90)

Answer 1

Race and gender are social construct rather than biological. This is because, there is no cluster of genes that are common to one gender or race. It is socially constructed in that the society has gender and racial classifications for various for people who belong to a particular gender or race.