2022
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2021-217900
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Why we need population data on gender norms, and why this is important for population health

Abstract: Gender norms are essential barometers of gender equality; inequitable gender norms are indicative of core inequalities in society that undermine the health of many groups. Fundamentally embedded in the gender system, prescriptive and restrictive gender norms have been shown to have deleterious effects on the health of women, men, girls and boys, as well as gender and sexual minorities. Gender norms are mutable, and there is potential to target and transform harmful and inequitable gender norms to drive gender … Show more

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“…Gender norms are social norms that define the behaviors, roles, and attributes that are considered acceptable, expected, appropriate and valued for people of different genders within a particular society or cultural context (King et al, 2022), including normative understandings of 'masculinity' and 'femininity'. Simply put, masculinity refers to attitudes and values, behaviors and practices, and ways to approach interpersonal or social relations through which men express and enact their maleness.…”
Section: Conceptualizing Masculinity Ideologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Gender norms are social norms that define the behaviors, roles, and attributes that are considered acceptable, expected, appropriate and valued for people of different genders within a particular society or cultural context (King et al, 2022), including normative understandings of 'masculinity' and 'femininity'. Simply put, masculinity refers to attitudes and values, behaviors and practices, and ways to approach interpersonal or social relations through which men express and enact their maleness.…”
Section: Conceptualizing Masculinity Ideologymentioning
confidence: 99%