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Record 1 2023-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

The idea that gender is separated into two fixed and closed categories, man and woman, and that it cannot be a variety of identities and expressions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Idée selon laquelle le genre se divise en deux catégories fixes et hermétiques, soit homme et femme, et qu'il ne peut pas se décliner selon diverses identités et expressions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
DEF

Concepción, prácticas y sistema de organización social que parte de la idea de que solamente existen dos géneros en las sociedades, femenino y masculino, asignados a las personas al nacer.

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