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  2. Sociology of gender - Wikipedia

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    For children, the primary agent of socialization for them is their parents. At a young age, children are taught societal rules and norms for specific genders. These norms, also known as gender roles, outline what is expected from males and females. From the moment of birth and onwards, parental expectations for their child are set by their gender.

  3. Role theory - Wikipedia

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    Gender has played a crucial role in our societal norms and the distinction between how female and male roles are viewed in society. Specifically within the workplace, and in the home. Historically there was a division of roles created by society due to gender. Gender was a social difference between female and male; whereas sex was nature.

  4. Double deviance theory - Wikipedia

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    They have deviated from accepted social norms by breaking the law and deviated from gender norms which state how woman should behave." [ 1 ] The idea of double deviance was first introduced by feminist sociologist and criminologist Frances Heidensohn in her paper The deviance of women: a critique and an enquiry , published by the British ...

  5. Gender role - Wikipedia

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    Gender role is not the same thing as gender identity, which refers to the internal sense of one's own gender, whether or not it aligns with categories offered by societal norms. The point at which these internalized gender identities become externalized into a set of expectations is the genesis of a gender role.

  6. Social construction of gender - Wikipedia

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    Gender is used as a means of describing the distinction between the biological sex and socialized aspects of femininity and masculinity. [9] According to West and Zimmerman, gender is not a personal trait; it is "an emergent feature of social situations: both as an outcome of and a rationale for various social arrangements, and as a means of legitimating one of the most fundamental divisions ...

  7. Sex vs. gender: What's the difference? - AOL

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    Having consistent definitions for these terms is vital for having clear communication about sex and gender in many aspects of life. “‘Gender identity’ is a widely used term,” says Carole ...

  8. Role congruity theory - Wikipedia

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    One of the two main causes of prejudice preventing women from achievement of high-status positions or success is the perception of women when placed in leadership roles. In an article on prejudice towards female leaders, Eagly and Karau (2002) [3] found that women who are leaders are perceived in a less positive manner when compared to male leaders.

  9. Do AI-generated images reinforce gender and racial ... - AOL

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    The gender was not clearly pronounced in two of the images (deepai and hotpot.ai), but both generators created people with slightly more masculine traits (such as thicker eyebrows, cleft chin ...