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GENDER SELF-DEFINITION [1 record]

Record 1 2019-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
CONT

Gender self-definition refers to how much a person considers feminity or masculinity to be a significant component of their identity ... Gender self-definition allows the person to determine how they define feminity and masculinity versus it being based on outdated stereotypes of feminity and masculinity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
Key term(s)
  • auto-définition de genre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
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