Gender is a concept used to distinguish socially and culturally determined gender from biological sex. Unlike sex-gender, which defines the characteristics of femininity and masculinity that are biologically determined at birth, gender refers to the characteristics of being male and female acquired within the socialization process and culture.
The work that women and men undertake in society and the roles they fulfill are natural and It serves to show that they are not spontaneous, but generally culturally determined and can change over time.
From the perspective of sexual identity development, gender is the person's perception of himself as male or female. As early as the age of two or three, everyone has an opinion about themselves such as "I am a woman" or "I am a man". Gender can be defined as the psychological aspect of behavior related to femininity or masculinity. Gender roles are a part of gender and can be defined as all the things a person does and says to present himself as a "boy/man" or a "girl/woman". Gender roles are influenced by the socialization process, family, environment, media, etc. It is shaped and internalized by the messages coming from the fields. It is also reported that sexual role behavior depends on exposure to testosterone and estrogen. Compared to controls, girls diagnosed with congenital adrenal hyperplasia were found to exhibit more opposite-sex behaviors such as toy selection and rough and destructive games. This finding has provided significant information about the effects of prenatal androgens exposure on sexual role behavior.
Sexual Behavior
Sexual behavior is about what a person does sexually. . Desire, fantasies, searching for a partner, self-gratification, and all other activities carried out to express and satisfy sexual needs are included in the definition of sexual behavior.
Sexual Orientations
Sexual orientation is a person's emotional, romantic and sexual attraction towards an individual of a certain gender. This approach does not always require sexual action. It can remain at the emotional, intellectual, romantic and fantasy level. The orientation in question can be observed in a wide spectrum, including the concepts of heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual. If a person is only attracted to the opposite sex, it is heterosexuality; if he is only sexually attracted to people of the same sex, he is called homosexuality; if he is attracted to people of both sexes, he is called bisexuality. Heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual men's physical gender and sexual identity are male. Likewise, heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual women's physical gender and sexual identity are female. In other words, gay men do not feel like women or gay women do not feel like men. Homosexual men and women have no objection to their physical gender, they just want to have sexual intercourse with individuals of the same sex. Transsexuality, which can be defined as the desire to be seen as a member of the opposite sex and to resemble the opposite sex by rejecting one's biological sex characteristics, and feeling as if one is of the opposite sex, is also valid for both men and women. It is more of a descriptive word for spiritual tendencies. It is the feeling and seeing oneself as a member of the opposite sex in one's inner world rather than one's behavior. A true transsexual who has not had/has not had surgery may show opposite sex characteristics as a sexual identity and his sexuality is directly directed towards the opposite sex. Another different sexual orientation is what transvestites experience. Transvestites are people who derive sexual pleasure from using the belongings of the opposite sex, wearing the clothes worn by the opposite sex, and exhibiting the behavior of the opposite sex.
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