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One such purpose has been to induce perceived feminine characteristics in women. For centuries in Imperial China , smaller feet were considered to be a more aristocratic characteristic in women. The practice of foot binding was intended to enhance this characteristic, though it made walking difficult and painful.
Maltz and Broker's research suggested that the games children play may contribute to socializing children into masculine and feminine gender roles: [128] for example, girls being encouraged to play "house" may promote stereotypically feminine traits, and may promote interpersonal relationships as playing house does not necessarily have fixed ...
In Mexico, the female worker is ideal because she is seen as docile and inexpensive labor. Stereotypical feminine traits such as beauty, domesticity, and docility are exaggerated and exploited for the production of goods. [85] These gender traits then frame the behavior of the women beyond the occupational realm.
Gender conventions play a large role in attributing masculine and feminine characteristics to a fundamental biological sex. [160] Socio-cultural codes and conventions, the rules by which society functions, and which are both a creation of society as well as a constituting element of it, determine the allocation of these specific traits to the ...
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 ...
For many people, being gay has been interpreted in terms of not being masculine or, more specifically, being seen as feminine. [2] According to human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell: Queers subvert the gender system. Gay men love males and are not adequately macho and aggressive. Lesbians love women and are insufficiently passive and dependent ...
A gynosexual person can be attracted to feminine women, men, and/or non-binary people. ... ways we can find ourselves drawn to the qualities and characteristics of others, regardless of their ...
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.