Gender Themes in Sociological Theory

Biology versus socialisation 

• The biological versus non-biological component of gender is much-debated, with some (de Bouviour, Butler, Jeffreys) seeing gender as not existing, not real, and others (Engels, Connell, Walby) accepting (either implicitly or explicitly) as a biological reality before and/or as well as a social one
• Transgenderism also proves that gender is not just based on biology, or at least not on reproductive biology (though brain biology…