I think the concepts between the differences and overlapping sex and gender are quite interesting. There is so much that goes into what people define sex and gender are. How I see it is that biology does influence the characteristics of gender. One thing that always comes to mind when thinking about these concepts is the girly factor of being female. Throughout time society has placed females as the gender that is less than and weak. In a way, this concept of females being weaker has stemmed into many other parts of society. The fact is that women are supposed to be the ones to stay home and cook while the man is out doing dirty work. Or the fact that men are drafted into wars, not females. Or the fact that women are thought of as more vulnerable, which some people see as a weakness. To me, all these facts stem from the biological fact that typically a male is born with stronger muscles, and a woman is born weaker. If biology was different and women were the ones born with bigger muscles I think these societal roles would be switched around quite a bit. Another aspect of this that's interesting to me is the recent knowledge that has surfaced in society. It's interesting to look at the statistics of transgender people because there has been a major increase in the number of transgender people. I think part of this is the recent awareness there is in society about transgender. While it's not perfect, the amount of people open to accepting transgender people is far greater than the amount of people there might have been 70 years ago. That being said, there are so many people being so open and accepting to transgender people have increased the amount of people coming out as transgender.