The category sex refers to our biological makeup, and uses certain biological markers (such as our genitals) to create the distinction between females and males. ... The gender category woman (that is, the so-called "feminine" gender automatically assigned to members of the female sex) carries with it certain expectations about how to act, what to do, who to love and so on: Women are generally expected to be more passive, submissive and dependent than men. ... To the latter we can include (exemplarily): 1)Transsexual, TS -- (Considers herself to be a woman.) 2)Post-op, Pre-op, Non-op For ma...

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For a long time, the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed, R.K.Narayan's heroine, Rosie, in his novel 'The Guide' is viewed only in relation to the main protagonist, Raju and Raju's mother is ...

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