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"Gender”
is used in multiple contexts. Here’s a quick guide:
Gender Transformative
Gender transformative programs and policies
highlight, challenge and ultimately change harmful norms of masculinity and
femininity.
Gender
Norms
Socially-constructed ideals, scripts, and expectations for how to
be a woman or a man; in sex—as in partner violence—they determine who does
what, to whom, when, and how.
Gender
Expression
How we
express feeling feminine and masculine through dress, hair and adornment.
Gender
Traits
Physical
or personal characteristics commonly considered feminine or masculine (e.g.,
hairy chest or hourglass figure)
Gender
Roles
Social
and behavioral norms for how men and women are expected to act: being a doctor
or nurse, being martial or maternal.
Gender
Identity
In
inner sense of being male or female, useful when discussing transgender
individuals who feel a conflict between their sex and gender identity.
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