De Anza College How Gender Is Something that Is Socially Constructed HW First, make sure to explain the idea of social construction. Next, incorporate 2 quotations from 2 different texts that we have read in the course to explain how gender is socially constructed ( The Egg and The Sperm by Emily Martin) and (The Trouble With Testosterone by Robert Saplosky). Lastly, discuss why it is important that we understand how gender as a social construction.