Atypical gender role
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[[Gender role]] is a term used in the social sciences and humanities to denote a set of behavioral norms associated with a given gendered status in a given social group or system. A person who exhibits a gender role at odds with the norm for their gender and class, in a society, is said to have an '''atypical gender role'''.
== Gender Role Stereotype ==
Gender Role Stereotypes are the socially determined model which contains the cultural beliefs about what the gender roles should be. It is what a society expects men and women to think, look like, and behave. Gender role stereotypes are often based on gender norms.
== Heteronormativity ==
[[Heteronormativity]] describes a binary system in which a person's gender identity and gender role should match a person's external genitalia. Gender role stereotypes are often aligned with heteronormativity.
== Transgender ==
A person is [[transgender]]ed when their gender identity differs from the gender assigned to them at birth on the basis of their genetic and/or physical sex. Transgendered is often used as an umbrella term to describe [[Gender variance|gender variant]] and [[genderqueer]] people.
== Examples of Atypical Gender Roles ==
Examples of some atypical gender roles:
* ''[[Househusband]]s'': men who stay at home and take care of the house and children while their partner goes to work.
* ''[[Metrosexual]]'': a man of any sexual orientation who has interest in style and fashion and dresses well.
* ''[[Androgynous]] people'': identifying as neither male nor female; OR presenting a gender either mixed or neutral
* ''[[Crossdresser]]'': a person who dresses in the clothing and approximating the appearance of members of the opposite sex, in public or solely in private. Their [[gender identity]], however, is not necessarily congruent with the gender they are dressing as. (They may not be [[transgender]]ed.)
* ''[[Hijra (India)|Hijra]]'': A neutered male person whose gender identity is neither masculine nor feminine, whose gender role includes special clothing that identifies "him" as a hijra, and whose gender role includes a special place in society and special occupations.
* ''[[Xanith]]'' (pronounced hanith): The gynecomimetic partner in a heterogender homosexual relationship, who may retain his public status as a man, despite his departure in dress and behavior from a socio-normal male role. The clothing of these individuals must be intermediate between that of a male and a female. His social role includes the freedom to associate with women in the entire range of their social interactions, including singing with them at a wedding.
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