Sex and Gender in 1984

George Orwell 's novel "1984" depicts sexual and gender perspectives within an authoritative government. The maritime government aims to maintain its power by asserting control over society. This is accomplished by prohibiting sexual acts, except for the breeding of more party members. The two characters, Winston and Julia, love happiness, and they are also rebellious against Big Brother. The government considers both as punishment for sexual offenses. During the imprisonment period, the relationship between Winston and O'Brien has developed.

The phrase "gender / sex system" or "sex / gender / sexual behavior system" is used by Gayle Rubin (1984) to describe "a series of arrangements for society to convert biological behavior into human activity products" It was built by. It is Rubin's proposal that biological, sexual and sexual appeal is the product of culture. In this case, gender is our "social product" attached to the concept of biological gender. Unless otherwise noted, in our heterosexual culture all people are considered heterosexual (attracting men if you are a woman and attracting women if you are a male). It is based on their perception of the appearance of the body, assuming that people should act in social life, and who should attract them. And it is believed to represent the physiological gender characteristics (chromosome, hormone, secondary sexual characteristics and genitalia). However, this view can not explain human intervention.

To understand the term 'gender role' it is necessary to understand that the term 'gender' is a social term often confused with the term 'gender'. Gender and gender are different concepts. While gender is a biological concept, gender refers to the meaning, value and characteristics of people who belong to different gender Ann Oakley (1972) is the first social scientist to distinguish gender concepts. According to Oakleigh, gender is similar to the physiological division of men and women, but it includes division and social value of masculinity and femininity. In other words, sex is the concept of human creation. In the social aspect, through mutual interaction and their environment, but it depends greatly on biological differences between men and women

If gender is a biological concept, gender is a social concept. It refers to the social and cultural differences society gives to people based on their (biological) sex. Relevant concepts, sexual roles refer to social expectations for people's behavior and attitudes, depending on whether they are female or male. Thus, understanding gender is a social component, as explained in Chapter 7 "Discrimination, Crime and Social Control". The way we think and act like women and men is not our biology but the result we are expecting society to think and act according to our sex. As we grow we will learn these expectations to develop gender identity and our beliefs for women and men.