Cultural and philosophical analysis of gender issue

Abstract

In this article, manifestations of the gender concept in human society as well as cultural and spiritual framework are analyzed from a philosophical perspective. Theoretical foundations of the postmodern paradigms of the gender concept are differentiated with the consideration of its definitions and main characteristics. Today, the concept of gender, including places and roles of men and women in the international process, is becoming a separate challenge, and the gender has turned out to be the most important issue of the legal system. The history of world philosophy shows that the gender issue bas been raised since ancient times. The article discusses the philosophical meaning of the concept of gender and offers an associative model. For the purpose of the philosophical analysis of the gender issue, the emphasis was placed on various scientific terms, and the content of the article and research methods were used. The article gives a comprehensive examination of both the concept of gender in the history of world philosophy and the process of its evolution in Kazakhstan. When studying gender-related questions in society, the focus has been made not on the physiological aspect only, but, to a much greater extent, on the spiritual and human nature. Although they are equal in legal terms, social, physiological, and psychological differences are also taken into account. It is determined that gender perceptions have a great impact on the cultural status of a person and that the social status of men and women in society is not limited to sexual relations. On the contrary, the most important values in the interaction between men and women are virtue, ethics, and morality.