gender roles
Masculine and feminine
Gender roles are the behaviors, activities, and attributes a society considers appropriate for men and women.
These expectations vary across cultures and eras—who earns income, who raises children, who shows emotion.
Traditional gender roles assigned women to domestic work.
The term often appears in discussions challenging such divisions: She rejected conventional gender roles.
- breadwinnerPrimary household earner
- domestic lifeEveryday household living
- second shiftEvening work period
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- femininityFemale nature or character
man of the house · stay at home mom · masculinity · identity · sexuality · caregiver · socialization · sexism · work-life balance · family dynamics · division of labor · societal expectations · woman · submissive · intersectionality · provider · expectations · dominant
- cultural practicesmusic, dance, art, religion, marriage
- gendermale, female, masculine, feminine, man
- Victorian eraparlour, Victorian etiquette, etiquette, parlor games, courtship
- gender rolesmasculinity, femininity, manhood, womanhood, homemaker
- literary themesheroism, hero's journey, ennui, social realism, morals
- social themessocial issues, social justice, social change, social commentary, social realism
gender rolesgender neutrality
Avoiding distinctions by sex
individual autonomy · gender nonconformity · gender equality · personal choice · self-determination
gender rolesbiological imperatives
Inborn needs for survival
evolutionary psychology · nature · essentialism · genetic determinism · genetic predisposition
gender rolesgender fluidity
Non-static identity category
genderqueer · gender diversity · gender nonconformity · queerness · individuality
gender, cisgender, transgender, roles, engender, genders, gendered, engendering, engendered