Souvenir Press Ltd. Divided Labours , 2000. Kingsley Browne, Yale University Press. Primary papers from, for example, animal behavior literature placed on reserve in the library or handed out in class. While sex is usually used to describe discrete, qualitative categories, gender is defined differently in different disciplines. We will discuss the context-dependent utility of each definition, and to what organisms it applies.
General dictionaries define gender as basically equivalent to sex.
The anthropological definition is that gender is a product of culture. According to the botanical definition, gender is a continuum based on the degree of reproduction in which a plant participates as a female, and is often influenced by the social and physical environment. In addition, this course will cover multiple biological definitions of sex, gender roles in human and non-human organisms, and how each of these affect and are affected by organic evolution. Laboratory exercises and class discussions that reinforce lecture topics require participation of all students. Lab exercises include one new project, which I hope will be of publication quality by the time we are through.