The difference between the sociological and popular definitions of gender involve a different dichotomy and focus. For example, the sociological approach to "gender" (social roles: female versus male) focuses on the difference in (economic/power) position between a male CEO (disregarding the fact that he is heterosexual or homosexual) to female workers in his employ (disregarding whether they are straight or gay). However the popular sexual self-conception approach (self-conception: gay versus straight) focuses on the different self-conceptions and social conceptions of those who are gay/straight, in comparison with those who are straight (disregarding what might be vastly differing economic and power positions between female and male groups in each category). There is then, in relation to definition of and approaches to "gender", a tension between historic feminist sociology and contemporary homosexual sociology.
the difference between the sociological and popular definitions of gender involve a different dichotomy and focus for example the sociological approach to "gender" (social roles female versus male) focuses on the difference in (economic/power) positio:n between a male ceo (disregarding the fact that he is heterosexual or homosexual) to female workers in his employ (disregarding whether they are straight or gay) however the popular sexual self-conception approach (self-conception gay versus straight) focuses on the different self-conceptions and social conceptions of those who are gay/straight in comparison with those who are straight (disregarding what might be vastly differing economic and power positions between female and male groups in each category) there is then in relation to definition of and approaches to "gender" a tension between historic !feminist sociology and contemporary homosexual sociology