gender role

collocation in English

meaningsofgenderandrole

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gender
noun
uk
/ˈdʒen.dər/us
/ˈdʒen.dɚ/
a group of people in a society who share particular qualities or ways of behaving which that society associates with being male, female, or ...
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role
noun[C]
uk
/rəʊl/us
/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition ofgenderandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgender role

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Of the numerous factors that may contribute toward marital tension, one is inequality - particularly among couples with an egalitariangenderroleorientation.
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This may be concurrent with what society accepts as the norm for malegenderrole.
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Examination of interactions between marital equality andgenderroleideology in this study provided a partial answer to this question.
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However, no relationship was found betweengenderroleideology and either of the dependent research variables.
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Specifically, marital equality was found to be related to some dimensions of marital quality, regardless ofgenderroleideology.
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According to this approach, couples who maintain a traditionalgenderroleideology are likely to perpetuate inequality in marital relations.
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This might be due to their more convincinggenderrolebehaviour and looks and their ' type ' of transsexualism, implying an earlier age at application.
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Even though the theory regarding changes ingenderroledivision is clear, research findings on the topic are relatively inconclusive and inconsistent.
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Altogether 84 individuals (83.2 %) felt supported in their newgenderroleby (almost) everyone they knew, whereas 11 (10.9 %) felt supported by some people.
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Conversely, couples who maintain egalitariangenderroleideology perceive equitable marital relations to be those in which household chores are divided equally between both spouses.
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As a result, she also makes decisions that, by default, espouse political or economic positions that ultimately consign her to a subordinategenderrole.
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