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Definition of Gender role
1. Noun. The overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness. "Your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity"
Medical Definition of Gender role
1. The sex of a child assigned by a parent; when opposite to the child's anatomical sex (e.g., due to genital ambiguity at birth or to the parents' strong wish for a child of the opposite sex), the basis is set for postpubertal dysfunctions. See: sex role, sex reversal. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gender Role
Literary usage of Gender role
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms: Continuity and Change in by Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan (2003)
"Bandura and Busey, (undated), in their discussion of gender role development and
functioning, review research that shows that gender role identity and ..."
2. Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge & Issues edited by Elizabeth B. Robertson (1999)
"Strong religiosity and devotion (particularly among women), belief in family
loyalty, loyalty to church and the community, and clear gender role ..."
3. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"... and to enter into marital contracts, regardless of their own or their partner's
chromosomal sex, genitalia, assigned birth sex, or initial gender role. ..."
4. Strengthening Support and Recruitment of Women and Minorities to Positions (1993)
"Substantiated Barriers Gender/role stereotyping Gender/role socialization Career
socialization Organizational characteristics Devaluation of women's ..."
5. Alcohol and Health: Seventh Special Report to the Us Congress by Louis Sullivan (1997)
"In order to determine the relationship between women's drinking patterns and
possible gender- role conflicts, women interviewed in the 1981 survey were ..."
6. Women's Addictions: New Jersey Ad Hoc Committee on Women and Addictions 1996 edited by Joseph P. Miele (1996)
"One consequence of this differing gender-role expectation for women is that
deviant behavior such as socially disapproved drug use raises questions about a ..."
7. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"This study attempted to add to what is known about the psychological advantages
of androgyny by looking at the relationship between gender role orientation ..."
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