gender status

Scope Note

Rights, privileges, powers, duties, and disabilities of each gender (e.g., legal, domestic, economic, political, ceremonial); special exceptions for each gender; general statements bearing upon the status inferiority or superiority of women; special elaborations (e.g., chivalry, notions of the uncleanness of women); explanations of gender differences; competition between genders; stereotyped attitudes of each gender towards the other (e.g., disdain, idealization); etc. Until 1997 this category was used for most discussions about gender roles and issues.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 560 social stratification

Related Terms

• 462 division of labor by gender
• 580 marriage
• 641 citizenship
• 837 extramarital sex relations
• 838 homosexuality
• 841 menstruation
• 850 infancy and childhood
• 890 gender roles and issues