The Role of Gender in Formation of Sexual Identity from the Vantage Point of Koranic Verses and Hadiths

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

seyedahmad hashemialiabadi ¹

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religions, Shahid Beheshti University

Received: 2020-03-10 Accepted : 2021-07-31 Published : 2021-07-23

Keywords: Religious education, Gender, children, upbringing, sexual identity,

Abstract :

Offering a definition of the concept of sexual identity, this article argues that not only teaching gender-based roles to children early in their childhood, but also negating gender discrimination against children form the basis of a proper sexual identity. Using a descriptive and analytic method, and with the aim of explaining the view of Koranic verses and hadiths on the role of gender in upbringing this article has examined the most significant educational requirements of the formation of girls’ and boys’ sexual identity. The article processed its data using library research, citing Koranic verses and hadiths. The results showed that for a healthy upbringing children’s gender as an important educational foundation needs to be examined free of cultural views and gender bias. According to the research findings, an egalitarian view of gender and presenting children of different genders with same expectations is wrong and far from ontological realities, and disrupts education.

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