1. The philosophy of a tomboy
Sociologically, gender roles describe the behaviors and responsibilities prescribed for each sex by a given society. However, ideas of "appropriate" behavior according to gender vary between cultures, although some aspects are more widespread than others. ... Gender, however, comprises two "sets" of social characteristics, which combine to create the categories of "woman" (girl) and "man" (boy). ... In this way, gender is intimately connected to social expectations, rather than to sex: we allow the knowledge of the sex of a child to inform us which set of gender characteristics we are suppos...
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