Attitudes, behaviour, and activities that are socially defined as appropriate for each sex and are learned through the socialization process.
The public manifestation of gender identity. Everthing a person that a person says and does to indicate to others or to the self the degree that one is either male, female, or androgynous.
The set of characteristics which a culture expects from people of each sex. Gender roles also prescribe the relationship between men and women,(e.g.. Man protects woman, woman minds man's home etc.) Heterosexists claim that gender roles are dictated by nature and use that 'fact' to discriminate against lesbians. Some lesbians also choose to act out either 'male' or 'female' gender roles. Heterosexism The ideology which states that heterosexuality is the only acceptable form of sexual/cultural expression; the implementation of heterosexist ideology through policy or action.
Attitudes, patterns of behavior, and personality attributes defined by the culture in which the person lives as stereotypically "masculine" or "feminine" social roles.
(GEN·der role). The behaviors considered appropriate for one sex or the other in a sociocultural system.
the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness; "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity"
a part that an individual plays as a social actor , including the patterns of feeling and behavior deemed appropriate or inappropriate by others because of the individual's assigned sex
An individual's understanding and feeling of the activity and behavior appropriate to his or her sex.
Culturally or socially determined sets of attitudes and behaviors that are expected of an individual based on her/his biological sex
This is the set of socially-defined roles and behaviors assigned to females and males. This can vary from culture to culture. Our society recognizes basically two distinct gender roles. One is the masculine: having the qualities or characteristics attributed to males. The other is the feminine: having the qualities or characteristics attributed to females. (A third gender role, rarely, though possibly increasingly, condoned in our society, is androgyny combining assumed male (andro) and female (gyne) qualities.) Some people step out of their socially-assigned gender roles or "crossdress (wear the clothing traditionally reserved for the other sex). Though not universal or even precise, some of the terms used to identify these individuals include "transvestites (often heterosexual males and females who crossdress), "Drag Queens (male homosexuals who crossdress), "Drag Kings (female homosexuals who crossdress).
the set of behaviors that society considers appropriate for each sex
The behavior that one exhibits congruently as a male or female.
To interact with society as a member of a specific gender (i.e. as a man or woman) by following arbitrary rules assigned by society that define what clothing, behaviors, thoughts, feelings, relationships, etc. are considered appropriate and inappropriate formembers of each sex. Which things are considered masculine, feminine or gender neutral varies according to locations, class, occasion, time in history, and numerous other factors.
behaviors specific to a gender
The behaviors, traits, thoughts, and dress expected by a culture of members of a particular sex.
culturally accepted behavior indicating a male or female.
A 'gender role' is a set of behavioral norms associated particularly with males or females, in a given social group or system. It can be a form of division of labour by gender. It is a focus of analysis in the social sciences and humanities.