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while gender is mainly the way a person behaves in situations whether it being more masculine or

feminine. In my own experience depending on the location and people around me my behavior

changed. In one situation, I accompanied my grandma to her doctor's appointment. While the

doctor was reading her results, I acted more masculine. I was more serious than usual. Then a
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manlier job and these jobs were dirty. Women were supposed to be more feminine in the sense of
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be considered more masculine you had to be "Macho" which meant males had to be dominant and
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Cnrran, Daniel. Renzetti, Claire. "From Women, Men, and . Composing Gender.

Rachael Groner and John F. O'Hara. Boston, Martins, ru. te-$2.vrint

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