Everything about Gender expression
External manifestation of gender identity
Gender expression or gender presentation is a person's behavior, mannerisms, and appearance that are socially associated with gender, namely femininity or masculinity. Gender expression can also be defined as the external manifestation of one's gender identity through behavior, clothing, hairstyles, voice, or body characteristics. Typically, a person's gender expression is thought of in terms of masculinity and femininity, but an individual's gender expression may incorporate both feminine and masculine traits, or neither. A person's gender expression may or may not match their assigned sex at birth. This includes gender roles, and accordingly relies on cultural stereotypes about gender. It is distinct from gender identity. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Gender expressionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Gender expression and gender identity in virtual reality: avatars, role-adoption, and social interaction in VRChatInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The psychology of clothesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Gender and Emotion Expression: A Developmental Contextual PerspectiveCited 504 times
- Go sideways: FemmephobiaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Questioning (sexuality and gender)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A person's selection of behavior, mannerisms, interests, and appearance that are associated with gender in a particular cultural context.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Gender and Emotion Expression: A Developmental Contextual Perspective
Emotional Expression Online: Gender Differences in Emoticon Use
Gender and the expression of schizophrenia
Facial Appearance, Gender, and Emotion Expression.
Gender differences in the clinical expression of schizophrenia
Gender, Context, and Expression of Positive Emotion
Mesolimbic gender differences in peptide CART mRNA expression
Prevalence of Adolescent Gender Experiences and Gender Expression in Germany
🆕 Influential since 2022
Gender expression and gender identity in virtual reality: avatars, role-adoption, and social interaction in VRChat
Gender differences in aggression: A multiplicative function of outward anger expression
The measurement of gender expression in survey research
Love or like: gender effects in emotional expression in online reviews
Gender differences in microRNA expression in levodopa-naive PD patients
📚 Books worth reading
The psychology of clothesJ. C. Flugel · 1930
GenderLaura S. Erickson-Schroth, Benjamin Davis · 2020- 📕Queer Word- and World-Making in South AfricaTaylor Riley · 2021
Queer CowboysChris Packard · 2005
Interdisziplinaeres Kolloquium Zur Geschlechterforschung IIUta Beyer, Ilse Nagelschmidt · 2014
Romance in MarseilleClaude McKay, William J. Maxwell · 1922
Where the Millennials Will Take UsBarbara J. Risman · 2018- 📕Undoing the Gender BinaryCharlotte Chucky Tate, Ella Ben Hagai · 2020
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