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In psychology, sociology and gender studies, "doing gender" is the idea that gender, rather than being an innate quality of individuals, is a social construct that actively surfaces in everyday human interaction. This term was used by Candace West and Don Zimmerman in their article "Doing Gender", published in 1987 in Gender and Society. [1]
Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman developed an interactionist perspective on gender beyond its construction of "roles." [48] For them, gender is "the product of social doings of some sort undertaken by men and women whose competence as members of society is hostage to its production."
The term first appeared in Candace West and Don Zimmerman's article "Doing Gender", published in the peer-reviewed journal, Gender and Society. [82] Originally written in 1977 but not published until 1987, [83] "Doing Gender" is the most cited article published in Gender and Society. [82]
This list of gender identity terms can help. ... someone's sex assigned at birth may not match their gender identity, so don't refer to a person by any of these acronyms; instead, ask about their ...
She is interested in how people's lives are structured by gender. [3] She did a lot of qualitative studies about couples who have established equality at home, or not. [3] In reference to the article by Candace West and Zimmerman, Doing Gender, [4] she did a reflection about how to undo gender in everyday life in her article Undoing Gender. [5]
The crusade against “Gender Queer” has largely driven its popularity and increased the size of Kobabe's royalty checks. The memoir has sold more than 96,000 copies and has been translated into ...
X-gender; X-jendā [49] Xenogender [22] [50] can be defined as a gender identity that references "ideas and identities outside of gender". [27]: 102 This may include descriptions of gender identity in terms of "their first name or as a real or imaginary animal" or "texture, size, shape, light, sound, or other sensory characteristics". [27]: 102
Third gender and indigenous people The term " third gender " has been used to describe hijras of India , Bangladesh and Pakistan [ 292 ] who have gained legal identity, fa'afafine of Polynesia, and sworn virgins of the Balkans , [ 293 ] among others, and is also used by many of such groups and individuals to describe themselves.