Likewise, the gender category man (that is, the so-called "masculine" gender automatically assigned to members of the male sex) carries with it a very different set of expectations about how to act, what to do and who to love: Men are assumed to be more active and dominant than women, and are seen to be rational, objective individuals. ... Gender is very much about how people perceive us, and our behaviour (personality, identity and self-expression) determines how we will be "perceived." ...

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