Saturday, June 18, 2011

Difference of Gender and sex are defined in the Quran



Notes from dr harlina halizah siraj
- Merungkai perkaitan antara jantina gender dan seksualiti

It has been stated in the quran the difference between
Gender and sex.

Sex refers to genital organ that has created by lord to human being since they were born.

A baby who is born with penis and testis is called as boy or male

While, a baby who is born without penis and testis, instead having labia, clitoris and introitus is called as girl or female.

Gender-the word gender refers to the role of male and female in a society, according to culture and beliefs.

The aspects of masculinity and feminity is projected in defining the term gender.

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In the quran, the word
Gender(refers to role of male and female in a society) is equivalent to the word ar-rijal(men) and an-nisa'(women)

Refer to Al Quran: (4:1),( 4:32), (4:34)

While the word sex (refers to genital organ that human beings own) is equivalent to the words
Zakara (male) and untha (female)

Refer: (42:49), (92:3-4), (3:36)


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2 comments:

sheera said...

oooo...

NUR IZZATI ZULKIFLY said...

try la add dr harlina tu kat fb. suke baca notes die:)