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Definition:
Gender role identity: the gender related aspects of the psychological self. HGD Chapter 12, p. 311

"Gender role is a set of expectations held by society about the ways in which men and women are supposed to behave based on their gender."

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"Gender roles and stereotypes have a history steeped in tradition through religious, political, legal and economic systems. For example, it wasn’t until the war brought about a shortage in male workers that women were encouraged to step outside the traditional housewife role to work. Gender roles and stereotypes can place restrictions on our human rights. If you think of a fundamental right such as the right to employment, or to earn money, the traditional stereotype of women as housewives has placed restrictions and expectations on what a woman is socially and economically capable of doing." "Gender Roles and Stereotypes." //Welcome to Keep Safe Stay Cool //. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. < []

A **gender role** is a set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or interpersonal relationship. There are differences of opinion as to which observed differences in behavior and personality between genders are entirely due to innate personality of the person and which are due to cultural or social factors, and are therefore the product of socialization, or to what extent gender differences are due to biological and physiological differences.

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Analogies:
"A good example of stereotyping gender roles is to think about how babies are color coded, girls in pink and boys in blue for example. The kinds of toys that little girls receive give messages about feminine traits such as; dolls, dress ups and fairies.The kinds of toys that little boys receive give messages about masculinity for example; cars, trucks and building blocks."

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Theses are a list of Stereotypes created by Gender Role
 * Women are more emotionally expressive.
 * Women are more emotionally responsive.
 * Women are more empathetic.
 * Women are more sensitive to others' feelings.
 * Women are more obsessed with having children.
 * Women express their feelings without constraint, except for the emotion of anger.
 * Women pay more attention to body language.
 * Women judge emotions from nonverbal communication better than men do.
 * Women express more love, fear, and sadness.
 * Women laugh, gaze, and smile more.
 * Women anticipate negative consequences for expressing anger and aggression
 * Men are more obsessed with sex.
 * Men are overwhelmed by women's expressions of emotion.
 * Men express more anger.
 * Men are stoic.
 * Men show emotion to communicate dominance.

"Gender role - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia //. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. .

Mnemonics:

 * Feminine **
 * Masculine **
 * Androgynous **
 * Undifferentiated **

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A gender role is a set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for either a man or a woman in a social or Interpersonal Relationship. Gender roles vary widely between cultures and even in the same cultural tradition have differed over time and context. There are differences of opinion as to which observed differences in behavior and personality between genders are entirely due to innate personality of the person and which are due to cultural or social factors, and are therefore the product of socialization, or to what extent gender differences are due to biological and physiological differences.

[] Related Pages: Part of Sexuality, Includes Transgender, Most common in Adolscent Children, Often found with Homosexuality and Lesbianism.

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