Gender refers to sociocultural aspects of femininity, masculin-ity, and gender diversity, which can include minds, behavior,expression, appearance, people, relationships, structures, policies,laws, and cultures (van Anders, 2015). Accordingly, gender occursat many levels that are themselves interconnected and overlapping,such that gender is multifaceted and multiple, and can branch andcoincide. Gender shapes and constrains people’s behavior, withpractices and institutions rewarding those who meet genderexpectations and punishing those who violate them
For me this passage connects to chapter 2 of the reading where the researcher has clarify everything that there're studying. Van anders shows that sex and gender are not as separate or simple as some researchers might think. This is important because the way researchers define something affects what they are able to measure and what conclusion they make.