Gender history

Gender history is the study of how ideas, roles, and expectations related to gender have evolved over time across different societies. It examines how concepts of masculinity, femininity, and other gender identities influence people’s lives, relationships, and social structures. By exploring historical attitudes, laws, and cultural norms, gender history reveals how gender has shaped, and been shaped by, economic, political, and social changes. This field helps us understand the diversity of gender experiences and challenges assumptions about gender as fixed or natural, highlighting the fluidity and complexity of gender through history.