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... > social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > educational reform > diversity in education > gender and sexual orientation > social construction of gender

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social construction of gender  

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  • Society creates categories for simplifying information, serving as institutions commonly understood and practiced within the culture. These categories include age, race, ethnicity, and gender, and one's understanding of these categories is co-constructed through social interaction. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender in Media; Social Construction of Gender]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RXWJSW1K-M

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