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suppose a role in a historical society was usually filled by people of a particular sex but people of another sex were allowed to assume that role if they really wanted to. When describing that society is it accurate to refer to that as a "gender role" if it was theoretically open to everyone?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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