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Doing gender

In psychology, sociology and gender studies, "doing gender" is the idea that gender, rather than being an innate quality of individuals, is a social construct that actively surfaces in everyday human interaction. This term was used by Candace West and Don Zimmerman in their article "Doing Gender", published in 1987 in Gender and Society. According to…

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Gender as a social transaction

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Doing difference

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Doing gender

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Doing gender → By, Deutsch, Francine, Gender, In, In January, Nine, Other, Several, Society, The, This, Undoing Gender, West, Zimmerman, Zimmerman Symposium, Zimmerman's
related to Summary · 15
Doing gender → As, Candace West, Doing, Don Zimmerman's, Essentially, Gender, If, In, Rather, Sex, The, They, This, West, Zimmerman
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Doing gender → Candace West, Doing, In, Instead, Sarah Fenstermaker, That, The, Their, They, United States
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Doing gender → Behavioral, Cognitive, Deaux, Even, For, In, Major, This, Together

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sportsinstance ofWest and Zimmerman use examples0.80text
couplinginstance ofWest and Zimmerman use examples0.80text
conversationsinstance ofWest and Zimmerman use examples0.80text
professionsinstance ofWest and Zimmerman use examples0.80text
and the division of labor to illustrate the ways in which gender is prevalent in many taken for granted activitiesinstance ofWest and Zimmerman use examples0.80text
conversationinstance ofgender is visible in a wide variety of activities0.80text
emotionalinstance ofalso comes into play in individual settings0.80text
cognitiveinstance ofalso comes into play in individual settings0.80text
or communicational behaviors interpersonally but also appears in interpersonal settings such as peerinstance ofalso comes into play in individual settings0.80text
familial relationshipsinstance ofalso comes into play in individual settings0.80text
their expected outcomesinstance ofalso comes into play in individual settings0.80text

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