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Gender roles

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Abstract

"Gender roles" are understood as social practices that relate to gender identity. Academic and popular debate focuses on the functionality of "traditional" gender roles as well as the meanings and implications of changes in gender roles. The concept has been used by feminists to perceive gender as social and identify social problems but its explanatory value has also been challenged.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages1-2
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781118430873
ISBN (Print)9781118430866
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

  • feminism
  • gender
  • gender roles
  • identity
  • social theory

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