sex-typed
Britishadjective
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While there may be a biological component to some sex-typed differences, most children learn to like the toys they are expected to like because of their sex or gender identity.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021
In the 70s, psychologist Sandra Bem argued that psychological androgyny–the extent to which a person crosses sex-typed standards of desirable behavior– has important consequences.
From Scientific American • Sep. 1, 2013
Bailey and Zucker examined sex-typed behavior—that long, now scientifically canonical list of innate sex differences in the behaviors of young males versus young females.
From Scientific American • Jul. 6, 2012
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