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1. Gender is a social construct that is influenced by both social and biological factors. Society and culture prescribe gender roles and behaviors deemed appropriate for each sex. 2. Social constructionism theory holds that knowledge and meaning are created through social interactions and relationships of power. Gender is socially constructed through both material factors like social structures as well as discursive factors like language and culture. 3. "Doing gender" refers to utilizing normative belie

Author

Akshita Mehta

Language

EN