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gender norms

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Standards and expectations to which women and men generally conform, within a range that defines a particular society, culture and community at that point in time. 

Additional notes and information

Sources

United Nations Statistics Division – UNSD. Global Gender Statistics Programme. Available at: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/genderstatmanual/Glossary.ashx

Relations

Related term:
gender, gender roles, indirect violence against women
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1194
Filed under: 
Sex, gender and sexuality
Sex and Gender

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.