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genderscape en · NOUN

Etymology

From gender + -scape.

Meanings

1. The landscape or variety of gender within a particular context; the attitudes, roles, and beliefs about gender in a culture.
   • Thus, for example, in the 1990s, the mythopoetic strand of the American men's movement drew on ancient myths in order to argue for a natural, pre-ordained gender order, in spite of the fact that these myths derived from a patriarchal, feudal past whose genderscape was no more natural than the present one. 2012, D. Ging, Men and Masculinities in Irish Cinema, unnumbered page:
   • I will now return to an exploration of how such prescriptive responses to gendered behaviours creates a genderscape in the early years classroom which can limit the options for both girls and boys. 2003, Penny Holland, We Don't Play With Guns Here: War, Weapon and Superhero Play in the Early Years, page 24:
   • During the years of my education and early career, the genderscape of the natural sciences was transformed by a broader inclusion of women. 2000, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species, page xi:

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Synonyms

genderology