`Sex' refers to an individual's biological sex, while `gender' refers to an individual's personal feelings and behaviours of `masculinity' and `femininity'. Many studies have shown that there are differences between males and females in areas such verbal, spatial and mathematical ability, and in aggressiveness, non-verbal cues and susceptibility to influence and persuasion. Analysis of gender studies has shown that differences are marginal, and at times contradictory. However, a perfunctory look at the construction of our social system (for example, the male/female division of labour in occupations such as nursing and engineering) demonstrates that differences do exist; the question that must be asked is why"

It is believed by psychologists that gender differences are a result of male and female biological differences on a genetic and hormonal level. They argue that inborn biological factors, such as testosterone levels, program males and females for compatibility with gender roles. This...