A Guide to Gender: The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook

by Sam Killermann

“We’re not the same, but we’re also not that different,”

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The difference between gender norms and gender roles, then, is that gender norms are informal laws of society pertaining to gender, while gender roles are specific groupings of gender norms that result in specific societal positions. Think

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Gender identity is our internal response to a social construction that attempts to make a connection between a person’s biological makeup and their eventual role in society.

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