hypergender

Relating to or exhibiting strict adherence to one's traditional gender role or gender stereotypes.

Adjective

  1. Relating to or exhibiting strict adherence to one's traditional gender role or gender stereotypes.
    • Given the research results indicating that hypermasculine men and hyperfeminine women appear to share similar attitudes and the overlap in content of several of the HMI and HFS items, it is plausible that acceptance of...
    • Other attitudes and beliefs included belief in rigid or extreme gender difference (hypergender ideology), greater acceptance of using verbal pressure and greater misperception about a woman's friendly behaviour. […]...

Origin

From hyper- + gender.

Forms

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Related

hypergendered