gender role (redirected from Sex roles)

role (rōl) the behavior pattern that an individual presents to others.

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gender role  the public expression of gender; the image projected by a person that identifies their maleness or femaleness, which need not correspond to their gender identity.

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gender role

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The pattern of masculine or feminine behavior of an individual that is defined by a particular culture and that is largely determined by a child's upbringing.

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gender role,

the expression of a person's gender identity; the image that a person presents to both himself or herself and others, demonstrating maleness or femaleness.

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gender role

Sexology The private experience of gender role–GR which is, in turn, the public manifestation of gender identity–GI–a person's individuality as ♂, ♀, or ambivalent, especially re self-awareness, behavior, sexuoerotic arousal & response