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title: gender roles
date: 2024-02-15T11:07:00-05:00
author: Grace Koch
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# gender roles

Gender roles are the ways that we are socialized to behave as girls and boys, women and men. When we don’t adhere to the expectations of our gender in daily life or throughout our lifespans, we typically face pushback and “gender policing.”

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