Abstract: From the perspective of musicology, this thesis takes an overall examination of expressions related to social gender in Chinese and Western cultural contexts, analyzing their relation, similarities and differences. Based on deep elaboration of western theories and deep understanding of the modes and objects of Chinese academic thinking, this thesis tries to probe into the meaning and purpose of the social gender theory for the research of Chinese musical culture.

Key words: font-size: 12pt, mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体, mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast, mso-ansi-language: EN-US, mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN, mso-bidi-language: AR-SA, mso-font-kerning: 0pt" lang="EN-US">social gender, difference, western construction, Chinese context, musicological expression