Blog 2

If you were to ask a person to describe to you the differences between sex and gender, they would probably have a difficult time accurately distinguishing the two. If you weren't distinctly taught the differences, it could be very easy to think that the terms were interchangeable. However, they are actually very different. Sex is defined as the biological difference between males and females, whereas gender is defined as the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to to being female or male. Someone once described the difference to me as sex being between your legs and gender being between your ears. While it is just a basic analogy, it is an easy and accurate way of discerning the two.

Below is a link to a podcast that explains and discusses the differences between gender and sex a little more in-depth.

http://www.stuffmomnevertoldyou.com/podcasts/whats-the-difference-between-gender-and-sex/