A gender role, also known as a sex role, is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are … See more

According to social constructionism, gendered behavior is mostly due to social conventions. Theories such as evolutionary psychology disagree with that position.
Most children learn to categorize themselve… See more

Working in the United States in 1955, Talcott Parsons developed a model of the nuclear family, which at that place and time was the prevalent family structure. The model compared a traditional contemporaneous view of gen… See more

Historically, gender roles have been largely attributed to biological differences in men and women. Although research indicates that biology plays a role in gendered behavior, the extent of its effects on gender roles is les… See more

Ideas of appropriate gendered behavior vary among cultures and era, although some aspects receive more widespread attention than others. In the World Values Survey, responders were asked if they thought tha… See more

Gender communication is viewed as a form of intercultural communication; and gender is both an influence on and a product of communication.
Communication plays a large role in the process in … See more

A 1992 study tested gender stereotypes and labeling within young children in the United States. Fagot et al. divided this into two different studies; the first investigated how children identified the differences between ge… See more