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gender role

Also known as sex role

social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their actual or perceived sex or sexuality

AI overview

A gender role is a set of behaviors and attitudes that society considers acceptable or appropriate for people based on their sex or sexuality. Understanding gender roles matters because they shape what opportunities, responsibilities, and freedoms people have in their daily lives and in society more broadly.

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Research

67,185 papers

Mapping gender role stress scales utilities: a scoping review approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Aguilera A, Villanueva-Moya L, Expósito FDOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1436337
Does gender role explain a high risk of depression? A meta-analytic review of 40 years of evidence.ReviewJournal of affective disorders · 2021Lin J, Zou L, Lin W et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.018
Gender Role Attitudes Influence Vocal Masculine Preferences Among Gay Men in China.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior · 2023Zhang J, Chen YDOI: 10.1177/14747049231207612
Gender role endorsement in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders.Psychiatry research · 2021Luckhoff HK, Asmal L, Scheffler F et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113867
Conference on 'Understanding the role of sex and gender in nutrition research'.The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2024Heavey PDOI: 10.1017/S0029665123003749
Gender role attitudes and father practices as predictors of nonresident father-child contact.PloS one · 2022Heers M, Szalma IDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266801
The Flywheel Effect of Gender Role Expectations in Diverse Work Groups.ReviewFrontiers in psychology · 2019van Dijk H, van Engen MLDOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00976
Gender Role Attitudes and Prosecutorial Decision-Making in a Case of Intimate Partner Violence.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024MacNeil ER, Cox J, Daquin JC et al.DOI: 10.1177/08862605231207901

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Encyclopedic overview

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A gender role, or sex role, is a social norm deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their gender or sex, and is usually centered on societal views of masculinity and femininity.

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