Gender essentialism

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Gender essentialism starts with the mistaken belief that gender is a fundamental attribute of human beings (and perhaps mammalian species in general), and proceeds to draw from this a number of conclusions about "femininity" and sometimes "masculinity". These conclusions are in many ways embedded in Western culture, due largely to their utility (from an authoritarian perspective) in controlling and limiting the range of culturally-acceptable actions and in maintaining a patriarchal system in which men have power over women.

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