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Meaning of "gender-bending" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GENDER-BENDING

gender-bending  [ˈdʒendəˌbendɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENDER-BENDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gender-Bending is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GENDER-BENDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gender-bending

Gender bender

A gender bender or one who genderfucks is a person who actively rebels against, or "bends," expected gender roles. Gender bending is sometimes a form of social activism undertaken in response to assumptions or over-generalizations about genders. Some gender benders identify with the gender assigned them at birth, but "challenge" the norms of that gender through androgynous behavior and atypical gender roles. Gender benders may also self-identify as transgender or genderqueer, feeling that the gender assigned to them at their birth is an inaccurate or incomplete description of themselves; some are transsexual and desire to change their physical sex through hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery. Genderbending may be political, stemming from the identity politics movements of the 1950s and 1960s, a guiding principle of which is the idea that the personal is political. In his 1974 article, Genderfuck and Its Delights, Christopher Lonc explained his motivation for performing genderfuck: "I want to criticize and poke fun at the roles of women and of men too. I want to try and show how not-normal I can be.

Definition of gender-bending in the English dictionary

The definition of gender-bending in the dictionary is causing a change of sex. Other definition of gender-bending is androgynous; taking on the appearance of the opposite sex.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENDER-BENDING


binding
ˈbaɪndɪŋ
branding
ˈbrændɪŋ
corresponding
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndɪŋ
descending
dɪˈsɛndɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
expanding
ɪkˈspændɪŋ
fence-mending
ˈfensˌmendɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
funding
ˈfʌndɪŋ
landing
ˈlændɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
overspending
ˌəʊvəˈspendɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
spending
ˈspendɪŋ
standing
ˈstændɪŋ
surrounding
səˈraʊndɪŋ
undepending
ˌʌndɪˈpendɪŋ
underspending
ˌʌndəˈspendɪŋ
understanding
ˌʌndəˈstændɪŋ
vending
ˈvendɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENDER-BENDING

gendarme
gendarmerie
gendarmery
gender
gender bias
gender disappointment
gender dysphoria
gender gap
gender politics
gender reassignment
gender role
gender selection
gender studies
gender-bender
gender-blind
gendered
genderize
genderless
gene
gene amplification

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENDER-BENDING

according
ascending
astounding
banding
bonding
commanding
crowdfunding
defending
demanding
founding
freestanding
grinding
grounding
impending
long-standing
mending
never-ending
notwithstanding
pounding
sounding
winding

Synonyms and antonyms of gender-bending in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gender-bending» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENDER-BENDING

Find out the translation of gender-bending to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gender-bending from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gender-bending» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

性别弯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flexión de género
570 millions of speakers

English

gender-bending
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लिंग झुका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانحناء بين الجنسين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

половыми отклонениями
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flexão de gênero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লিঙ্গ-নমন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

androgyne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lenturan jantina
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gender - Biege
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

性別不明の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성별 굽힘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jengkol jender
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giới tính uốn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாலினம்-வளைக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिंग-झुकणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cinsiyet bükme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

- flessione di genere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gięcia płci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

статевими відхиленнями
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndoire de gen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύλο κάμψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geslag -buiging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genusböjning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjønns bøying
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gender-bending

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENDER-BENDING»

The term «gender-bending» is regularly used and occupies the 55.141 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENDER-BENDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gender-bending

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENDER-BENDING»

Discover the use of gender-bending in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gender-bending and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Man Who Would Be Queen:: The Science of Gender-Bending ...
These and other stories make it clear that there are men - and men who become women - who want only to understand themselves and the society that makes them feel like outsiders.
J. Michael Bailey, 2003
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Gender Bending: Candidate Strategy and Voter Response in a ...
To the extent that candidates engage in gender-bending using the marketing strategies of a particular medium and voters are convinced by these techniques, a given voter may have a hard time finding a candidate who best represents his or ...
Monica Cecile Schneider, 2007
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At the Interface: Continuity and Transformation in Culture ...
B. Blurred Boundaries and the Bending of Gender Most participants defined gender bending as a play with masculinity and femininity, mostly expressed in the vestimentary elements. The concept of gender bending was not well known by the ...
Joss Hands, Eugenia Siapera, 2004
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The Human Experience: Description, Explanation, and Judgment
In addition to specific observables, "gender bending" is a term that has been coined to describe individuals who identify as male or female but do not embody and exhibit all of the typical observable and reportable descriptors of a gender.
Elizabeth DePoy, Stephen French Gilson, 2007
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The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre
62 McGregor, op. cit.; 'First American in Japan's all-girl show'; J. Robertson, ' Gender-bending in Paradise: doing "female" and "male" in Japan', Genders, 1989, vol 5, pp. 51 , 55; Buruma, op. cit., pp. 112-15. 63 Robertson, 'Gender- bending', pp ...
Laurence Senelick, 2000
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Computer-mediated Communication in Personal Relationships
Thus, gender-bending can serve an important relational function by allowing for rehearsal of new, desired communication behaviors for later use in FtF relationships. Implications of Gender-Bending for "Real Life" Gender The motivations ...
Kevin B. Wright, Lynne M. Webb, 2011
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Rockin' Out of the Box: Gender Maneuvering in Alternative ...
The overt sex and opposition to mainstream middle-class rules opened space in rock music for "gender-bending" through style, and in fact has been one of the few mass cultural spaces where men have been able to take a walk on the wild ...
Mimi Schippers, 2002
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Verbal Ability And Reading Comprehension For The Cat And ...
Charles Tyler, Professor of environmental and molecular fish biology at the University of Exeter in south-west England, who is leading an international team studying the impact of so-called gender-bending chemicals, warns that a point where ...
Time, 2010
9
Changing Sex and Bending Gender
A third form of gender transformation for women is the 'gender bending' that occurs when self-identified women are regarded by others as having at least some of the behavioural attributes of men. Some sixty years ago, Oscar Lewis reported ...
Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener, 2005
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Learning and Teaching on the World Wide Web
(1995) combined the categories of gender bending with concealment of gender in their analysis. It was found that women used pseudonyms that either involved gender concealment or gender bending more often than men did. Additionally ...
Christopher R. Wolfe, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENDER-BENDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gender-bending is used in the context of the following news items.
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Art blogger Jeff Hamada modernizes art classics with a …
There's some gender-bending: Vermeer's The Milkmaid features a guy in a yellow T-shirt, and another man stands (or lies) in for ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
Critics of innovations at the Proms and in opera miss the point of …
... whereby men play women and vice versa, so that in many of Shakespeare's gender-bending scenes men pretending to be women pretend to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Alec Baldwin Shows Up for Summerdocs: William F. Buckley vs …
... author of the controversial gender-bending Myra Breckinridge, the movie is perfection for an audience that remembers the media spectacle. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Gender-bending sea bass merit marine research - Daily Record
A study about gender-bending sex lives of black sea bass was released last week. Rutgers marine researchers and fishermen studied the bass ... «Daily Record, Jul 15»
5
David Suchet as Lady Bracknell? It's handbags at dawn in The …
The Importance Of Being Earnest was descibed by its author Oscar Wilde as 'a trivial comedy for serious people', and the gender-bending in ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
John Cameron Mitchell on 'Hedwig': Everybody Thought It Was …
... Michael C. Hall, Darren Criss and Taye Diggs, the latter of whom will step into the gender-bending role July 22-Oct. 11. Mitchell picked up a ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Stop Treating Kids Like Sex Objects
That simple fact appears to have been forgotten in this world of gender-bending and gay-pride parades. For a while now, we've heard about ... «The Federalist, Jul 15»
8
'Forum' is a gender-bending ride at Three Notch Theatre
Hero (Jacob Lejeune), left, and Pseudolus (Zeke Poiro) sing in a scene from Newtowne Players' “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ... «So Md News, Jul 15»
9
A Chat With the Blue-Lipped Male Model from Margiela's Gender
... walked in a headline-making show: Maison Margiela's gender-bending couture collection designed by John Galliano in which the designer ... «Papermag, Jul 15»
10
Esther Perbandt RTW Spring 2016
Known for her deconstructed, all-black, avant-garde — and often gender-bending — looks and ties to Berlin's lively art scene, Esther Perbandt ... «WWD, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gender-Bending [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gender-bending>. May 2024 ».
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