Social Constructs Of Gender Novels & Stories

Pagkatapos niyang siguraduhing ayos na ang lahat ay sinara na niya ang pinto at umikot sa harap ng kotse upang pumasok sa driver seat. “Why don't we have a simple gender reveal party?” I suddenly asked him again while he was already driving. Tahimik na napa-‘oh’ si Roma at tumango-tango. “Mom would love that, but we should make it a sex reveal instead of gender because gender is socially-constructed.” “I don't want my kids to grow up believing that they're bound to only follow the roles and norms presented by the society. We are revealing what was assigned to them biologically so we should use the appropriate term which is sex,” he continued and I couldn't agree more.

“Ganito pala ‘yong feeling ng mga normal na tatay kapag sinasamahan nila ang mga partner nilang buntis. Gosh, nakakakaba na… nakaka-excite.” Apart from being nervous, I was also excited because we will be knowing the sex of our baby today. I like drawing the line clear between sex and gender. Sex pertained to our biological makeup while gender was socially constructed norms and concepts about being a man and a woman. I think it was just right to correct common misconceptions about sex and gender such as these two terms were just synonyms and can be used interchangeably; they were not. He chuckled lightly and squeezed my hand. “Mamahalin natin siyang pareho kahit ano pa siya.”