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[–]MarkTwainiac 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It was originally a term used by feminists to describe the experiences of women in society - gender roles.

Lefterfield, can you point me some sources for this claim? I'm not trying to be disagreeable or to challenge you, but as someone aware of feminist issues and changing use of terminology since the 1960s, I have no recollection of feminists in the 60s, 70s and 80s talking about "gender roles." I recall all the discussion back then was about sex roles, sex stereotypes, sexism, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sex crimes, sex abuse and so on.

I know that Ann Oakley published a book (and a very good one) called "Sex, Gender and Society" in 1972, but AFIAK this didn't usher in a period where feminists started routinely speaking about gender roles rather than sex roles.

Thanks.

[–]lefterfield 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hmm... could be I'm wrong about that. But I checked and I'd probably need to do a lot more research to find out where the term originally came from. Gender identity didn't come from feminists at least.