Concept information
Preferred term
gender as institution
Definition
- A number of theories attempt to explain how social inequality based on gender is produced, maintained, and unsettled. This article takes up one such approach, looking at gender as a social institution. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Institution, Gender as]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/gender_as_institution
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