feminine role
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffeminineandrole
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feminine
adjective
uk/ˈfem.ɪ.nɪn/us/ˈfem.ə.nɪn/
having characteristics that are traditionally thought to be typical of or suitable for ...
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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 offeminineandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffeminine role
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In both research and professional discourse, care-giving is generally described as afeminineroleand as an experience full of stresses and hardships.
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Spiritualist women acquired unprecedented power by taking their passivefeminineroleto the extreme.
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Many cultures have different expectations based on gender, but there is no universal standard to a masculine orfeminineroleacross all cultures.
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In some cultures, the man who took on thefemininerolewas regarded as a powerful shaman.
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Gloves, whether long opera gloves or fingerless gloves, are often a further accessory to emphasize thefemininerole.
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These include berdaches (a derogatory term for genetic males who assumed afemininerole) and passing women (genetic females who took on a masculine role).
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Finally, in this household economy the relation between masculine and feminine roles changes when characters jointly change positions on the scale of transactions.
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It follows that men, whose masculine roles may generate mental disorder no less than the feminine roles associated with women, suffer poor access to mental health services.
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Women challenging their feminine roles was a device more easily accepted than men challenging masculine ones.
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Fatimah is seen by these critics as the chosen model of a woman completely dedicated to certain traditionally sanctioned feminine roles.
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She therefore managed to stay within the boundaries of feminine roles without too much transgression.
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She advocated that women seek any employment they wish, rather than catering to the stereotypical feminine roles of the time, such as teaching.
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Although generally typecast in lightweight feminine roles, she was in fact notably intelligent, cultivated and witty.
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The genre also deals with male/female categories, showing how female roles can differ from feminine roles.
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