gender ideology

plural gender ideologies

1. countableuncountableThe set of roles and assumptions in a particular culture that are associated with gender and pertain to non-sexual activities, such as occupation, appropriate expressions of emotion, etc.

   Many histories of classical Greece and Rome present gender roles as static universal norms conforming to the dominant patriarchal gender ideology in each culture (e.g., Cowell 1980).

   2006, Sarah M. Nelson, Handbook of Gender in Archaeology, →ISBN, page 301

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   Wollstonecraft's construction of femininity explicitly challenged the dominant gender ideology of her culture, the concept of the female promoted by conservative and radical thinkers alike, from Burke to Rousseau.

   1993, Anne Kostelanetz Mellor, Romanticism & Gender, →ISBN, page 107

   One further important element of gender ideology is the ascription of technical competence for men and boys as opposed to girls, in other words, the role of technology in gender ideology.

   2002, Sung-Jo Park, Arne Holzhausen, Benjamin Lunau, Social Science Centered Studies on Modern Japan, →ISBN, page 86

   The common bond between women's experience of sport and women's experience of social exclusion is that in both institutions women experience strong discrimination stemming from a pervasive gender ideology.

   2003, Michael Frank Collins, Mike Collins, Tess Kay, Sport and Social Exclusion, →ISBN, page 97

   From the emerging data and based on Hochschild's (1989) delineation, there are three types of gender ideology—traditional, transitional and egalitarian. They can be defined in terms of marital power, expectations of men and women's production role, and expectations of emotional labor.

   2012, Lake Lui, Re-negotiating Gender, →ISBN

2. countablederogatoryuncountableconservatismThe idea that gender is separate from sex as assigned at birth, framed as an ideology.

   Near-synonym: transgenderism

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   Gender ideology is the theory that […] human individuals are properly described in terms of an "internal sense of gender" called "gender identity" that may be incongruent with their "sex assigned at birth."

   2023 July 3, Jay W. Richards, “What Is Gender Ideology?”, in The American Conservative

   Synonyms: transgenderism

3. countablederogatoryuncountableconservatismEfforts in support of LGBTQ people and their identities and rights in contrast with those of heterosexual or cisgender people, framed as an ideology.

   "We are against gender ideology," Zeljka Markic, a leader of the conservatives, told The Associated Press.

   2018 March 24, “Thousands of Croatian Far-Right Supporters March in Zagreb”, in Voice of America

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   Although it appears to pursue the good end of honouring all people, it also assumes the whole linguistic fabric of gender ideology, which aims to eliminate the concepts of male and female, dismantle corporal identity and deconstruct the human body, marriage and family.

   2018 January 24, Jonathan Luxmoore, “Catholic bishops denounce LGBT diversity law”, in The Tablet

   Some say that the latest instruction represents the promotion of the so-called gender ideology, but the Ministry denies this, reports Večernji List

   2018 June 14, Vedran Pavlic, “Transgender People Have a Right to Be Issued New Diplomas”, in Total Croatia News

   Brazil’s Bolsonaro has denounced the presence of “Marxist rubbish,” political debate, and “gender ideology” on Brazil’s school campuses. Militants opposing so-called gender ideology throughout Latin America erroneously argue that teaching sexual education attracts young people toward homosexuality, feminizes boys, and masculinizes girls.

   2019 March 7, Natalia Cote-Muñoz, “Murdered Women Can’t Celebrate International Women’s Day”, in Foreign Policy

   One Catholic family in Indiana has suffered the unthinkable: the parents’ son was taken from their home because his parents refused to genuflect to the demands of gender ideology.

   2024 February 21, Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer, “When Gender Ideology Infects the Family”, in National Christian Register