ABSTRACT
The intellectual history and topics of interest in the sociology of sex and gender are tied intimately to human rights scholarship and activism. Sociologists of sex and gender also address the gendered processes of economic development and migration as well as militarization and global capitalism, among other social structural and historical processes. In this regard, sociologists of sex and gender argue that a gender lens offers a powerful tool for uncovering the social dynamics shaping all major institutions. To capture the diversity of these experiences, sociologists of sex and gender frequently approach their work from an intersectional perspective, paying attention to the intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, age, culture, and other factors that differentially shape social life rather than concentrating on a single dimension. Sociologists of sex and gender focus attention on how sex and gender shape structures of inequality and power.
