gender role

1. 1.

   the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness

   “your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity”

   Broaderrole

Questions about gender role

What does gender role mean?

gender role means "the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness".

Is gender role a common word?

gender role is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.