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  2. Sociology of gender - Wikipedia

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    Another theory of gender socialization, discussed by Susan McHale, is that the gender roles and attitudes of older siblings can impact the gender roles adopted by younger children. Throughout the findings of McHale's study, it is maintained that parents still have the most familial influence on childhood socialization.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

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

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    “I’d prefer we use more specific and descriptive terms [such as ‘sex roles’ instead of ‘gender roles’] that describe sex-based cultural norms and our comfort with them, masculine and ...

  6. Gender equality - Wikipedia

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    A gender role is a set of societal norms dictating the types of behaviors which are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for people based on their sex. Gender roles are usually centered on conceptions of femininity and masculinity, although there are exceptions and variations.

  7. Patriarchy - Wikipedia

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    This breakdown of traditional roles leads to the natural decrease of a gender-specific social structure. Feminist Ideologies. Feminism is not a direct opposition to patriarchy, it is a theory in response to patriarchy. Feminism focuses on the empowerment of women in society and the dismissal of traditional gender roles that are oppressive.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Gender system - Wikipedia

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    Gender systems are the social structures that establish the number of genders and their associated gender roles in every society. A gender role is "everything that a person says and does to indicate to others or to the self the degree that one is either male, female, or androgynous. This includes but is not limited to sexual and erotic arousal ...