Concept information
Preferred term
sex typing
Definition
- Sex typing (or gender labeling) occurs when work activities are widely understood to be inherently masculine or inherently feminine. Despite significant inroads toward gender equality over the past half century, many occupations and fields of study continue to be strongly sex typed in the American popular imagination. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Sex Typing]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sex_typing
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