Although Sex and Gender seem to be closely related yet, they are different
from each other. Sex is a biological given and gender is a social construct. The term
Sex refers to biological status as male or female. It comprises of certain physical
attributes such as sex chromosomes, sex hormones, gonads, internal reproductive
structures, and external genitalia. The term Gender refers to the ways the people act or
feel about themselves as men and women according to the roles constructed by the
Society for men and women. In simple words, we can say that the Sex can be
differentiated into male and female while Gender can be differentiated into masculine
and feminine. Most commonly, when we talk about gender, only two genders are
considered but, apart from these two genders, there is also a third gender which has
been an integral part of society. It is a section of society which has been ignored in
history and has been kept separate from the mainstream. Recently, not only at the
world level but also in India, their existence has been legally recognized. These third
gender group or individual, who neither comes in male or female. They have different
identities in society.
