gender ideology

Definitions

1. 1

   The set of roles and assumptions in a particular culture that are associated with gender…

   The set of roles and assumptions in a particular culture that are associated with gender and pertain to non-sexual activities, such as occupation, appropriate expressions of emotion, etc.

   • Wollstonecraft's construction of femininity explicitly challenged the dominant gender ideology of her culture, the concept of the female promoted by conservative and radical thinkers alike, from Burke to Rousseau.
   • One further important element of gender ideology is the ascription of technical competence for men and boys as opposed to girls, in other words, the role of technology in gender ideology.
   • The common bond between women's experience of sport and women's experience of social exclusion is that in both institutions women experience strong discrimination stemming from a pervasive gender ideology.
2. 2

   The belief that gender is an innate identity which is separate from sex at birth.

   • "We are against gender ideology," Zeljka Markic, a leader of the conservatives, told The Associated Press.
   • Some say that the latest instruction represents the promotion of the so-called gender ideology, but the Ministry denies this, reports Večernji List

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