Gender System of Society
Gender system of society – a set of interconnected institutions and organizations through which relations between women and men, as well as society’s attitude toward issues of sex/gender, are socially, ideologically, and organizationally constructed.
Within the gender system of society, actual sex/gender inequality or equality is formed; the acquisition, real affirmation, and guarantees of the rights, freedoms, and duties of women and men are realized; and real opportunities for their self-realization are ensured in accordance with the achieved level of gender culture (Melnyk, 2004, p. 21).
See also: Gender Culture, Gender Equality, Gender Inequality, Gender Order.
Reference:
Melnyk, T. M. (2004). Gender yak nauka ta navchalna dystsyplina [Gender as a science and academic discipline]. In Osnovy teorii genderu: Navchalnyi posibnyk [Foundations of gender theory: A textbook] (pp. 10–29). Kyiv: K.I.S. [in Ukrainian].
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