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Gender stability refers to the stage of gender identity in which the child recognizes that gender is stable over time; an understanding in pre-school children that boys become men and girls become women Gender stability is also defined as the concept that one's sex is a permanent feature.

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Gender stereotypes is defined as beliefs and images about males and females that are not necessarily true; widely shared beliefs about males' and females' abilities, personality traits, and social behavior.

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Gender systems refer to linguistic systems in which nouns belong to one of two (2) or more categories that take different forms of articles and grammatical morphemes.

Gender traits is defined as iInnate or biologically determined gender-specific behaviors.

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Gender typing is defined as the process by which a child becomes aware of his or her gender and acquires motives, values, and behaviors considered appropriate for members of that sex

Gender -role nonconformity refers to the theory that looks at the role of early childhood in the development of homosexuality and explores cross-gendered traits in childhood.

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Gender -role standard refers to a behavior, value, or motive that members of a society consider more typical or appropriate for members of one sex.

Gender-role Transcendence perspective refers to the idea that to be fully human, people need to move beyond gender roles as a way of organizing the world and of perceiving themselves and others.

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