Difference between sex and gender

Sex refers to the chromosomal, chemical and anatomical aspects of our bodies, while gender refers to the cultural and social meaning and experiences and institutional structures that are defined as appropriate for males and females. The difference between the two is that sex is something biological (i.e. something we are born with - either the genitals that pertain to the male sex or female sex, or in some rare cases both) while gender focuses on the binary division (although this division is now expanding to include other socially constructed gender types) of people into male and female. Gender is socially constructed as an 'identity' as to how people should act in order to create a sense of who they are (ex: males should gather together, drink beers and watch hockey together. Females should go out to the malls with their friends and go on shopping trips)