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Gender role

The set of social practices (occupations, styles of behavior, ways of interacting) that is usually perceived in society as inherent to a particular gender (in the gender binary system — male or female).

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Gender transition in Ukraine: (non-)compliance with human rights standards Blog 31.03.2019 Gender transition in Ukraine: (non-)compliance with human rights standards …their sexual self-perception, sexual behavior and the sex assigned to them at birth (and the associated gender role) is carried out, under the age of 14, with the informed consent of both parents; after the age of 14 – of…
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Blog 29.09.2016 An analysis of the text of the Unified Clinical Protocol “Gender Dysphoria” …falls among the measures for treating gender dysphoria for patients who have been living in their chosen gender role for some time and plan to continue living that way. It is carried out on the basis of the patient’s…
Uncategorized 15.07.2026 Queer family: a perspective on the transformation of family relationships …family that is “going through a crisis” in our time? It is a hierarchical structure with rigidly fixed gender roles. Husband and wife — a married couple who at the same time are at least potentially a father and a mother —…
Uncategorized 15.07.2026 The queer family: a perspective on transforming family relations …family that is “going through a crisis” in our day? It is a hierarchical structure with rigidly fixed gender roles. Husband and wife — spouses who at the same time act as at least potential father and mother — perform…
What rights do LGBTQI+ people still lack? Analytical materials 11.05.2025 What Rights Do LGBTIQ+ People Still Lack? …This applies in particular to everything touching on “traditional family values,” which presuppose fixed gender roles for men and women and rule out any manifestation of being transgender or of any sexuality other than…
Gender-based violence in the relationships of LGBTQI+ people: an overview of the problem and ways to address it Analytical materials 22.08.2023 Gender-based violence in the relationships of LGBTQI+ people: an overview of the problem and ways to address it …be raped, in order to deny the fact of the violence. Stereotypes associated with LGBTQI+ people or with gender roles may be used in order to push someone toward a particular sexual interaction. For example, toward anal sex in…
Analytical materials 14.02.2023 Young women in Ukraine support gender stereotypes less than young men. Results of the study “Gender stereotypes and roles through the eyes of youth: before and after the beginning of full-scale Russian aggression“ …to change attitudes among young people aged 15-25 (both women and men) regarding the distribution of gender roles within the family, men's and women's responsibilities in the family and in everyday life. At the same time,…
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Uncategorized 15.07.2026 Intersex* and transgender activism: grounds for cooperation …(if we take the common definition). A particular case of the demand for “correspondence” is the tying of “gender roles” to “sex,” and here we get exactly what feminism is fighting against. To this we can add the idea of the…
How to respond to a coming out Blog 14.05.2025 How to respond to a coming out …own identity. Where, on the other hand, a child tries from earliest childhood to fit into a stereotypical gender role under pressure from their environment, there are often various difficulties later in legitimizing their own…
Inappropriate questions to LGBTQI+ people Blog 13.05.2025 Inappropriate questions to LGBTQI+ people …in such relationships build them on mutual understanding, support, and love – not on performing assigned gender roles. Such questions can be hurtful, because they reduce a relationship to a caricature template instead of…
Analytical materials 31.01.2025 An analysis of Ukraine’s legal framework on gender-based cybercrimes …faster than the state can respond legislatively. GBV sometimes stems from discriminatory stereotypes about gender roles; it targets a person because of their gender and leads to physical, sexual, or psychological harm or…
Blog 26.04.2022 The situation of Ukrainian trans people during the war …of such restriction can be questioned. Firstly, it only contributes to the consolidation of traditional gender roles, although in recent years the Ukrainian army has taken a course to ensure that women have equal…
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