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This famous monologue from Barbie describes the systemic misogyny, exhausting contradictions and impossible standards women are forced into everyday in patriarchal society and calls out the hypocrisy of a world that profits from women’s insecurity yet punishes them for seeking equality.

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America Ferrera's Iconic Barbie Speech | Barbie | Max

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk “We Should All Be Feminists” defines feminism and argues it's essential to achieving gender equality. She talks about her experiences growing up in Nigeria with systemic sexism and emphasizes that rigid gender roles harm everyone.

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We should all be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDxEuston

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“I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan critiques and reinforces rigid gender roles by defining masculinity through only physical strength, aggression, and emotional stoicism as the ultimate markers of worth. In the video, Mulan showing she can be "a man" in the same way subtly challenges these norms, though the lyrics uphold the pressure on men to be aggressively "masculine" to gain respect.

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“All American Bitch” critiques the suffocating expectations of idealized American femininity. The lyrics juxtapose politeness with rage at being forced to perform perfection all the time, similar to the ideals noted in the speech from Barbie.

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Olivia Rodrigo - all-american bitch (live from rehearsal)

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This chapter explores gender roles and societal norms in multiple ways (Scout’s alienation from Jem and Dill, who weaponize “being a girl” as an insult to exclude her, Dill’s claim over Scout as "his property"). Scout finds refuge in Miss Maudie Atkinson, who defies gender norms, critiques religious gender expectations, and mentors Scout in self-assuredness outside of traditional “ladylike” behavior.

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Lady Macbeth in this scene weaponizes patriarchal expectations of masculinity by shaming Macbeth’s hesitation to murder Duncan as "unmanly", perpetuating violence and ruthlessness as the pinnacle of “manhood.” Macbeth’s falling for this: (“I dare do all that may become a man; / Who dares do more is none”) reveals his internalized belief that morality weakens masculinity. She also subverts maternal femininity (saying she'd be okay with violently killing a baby to keep a secret). This scene exposes the gross side of both gender roles: Lady Macbeth must erase her femininity to gain power, while Macbeth’s fragile masculinity hinges on proving dominance through violence.

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A very moving collection of feminist photographs taken by university students in the UK with captions showcasing different examples of feminism and their reasons for why feminism is necessary.

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New shoots of student feminism – your best pictures

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Frustrated by sexism and misogyny on campus, increasing numbers of students are setting up feminist groups at their universities. These striking photos, submitted by Guardian readers from universities around the country, document the rise of student feminism in the UK

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This poem critiques patriarchal conditioning that teaches women to "shrink" physically, emotionally, and intellectually to accommodate male entitlement. She illustrates the cyclic nature of internalized misogyny and female self-erasure through her lived experiences with her family.

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This video analyzes what traditional masculinity is "supposed to be" through cinematic examples, critiquing traits like dominance and aggression as socially constructed ideals often tied to control and violence and ultimately arguing that harmful/toxic masculinity comes from enforcing "masculine ideals" to dominate others and perpetuate insecurity and oppression.

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What Even Is Masculinity? (According to Cinema)

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This poem reframes feminism as liberation for men just as much as women, illustrating how rigid, toxic gender norms deeply affect men and exposes how the patriarchy objectifies men as well as women, while also denying them emotional autonomy or the right to seek help.

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What are boys and girls taught about gender roles and how do societal expectations of masculinity and femininity impact individuals and communities?

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What is feminism and why is it important for both men and women?

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This song from Teen Beach Movie encapsulates the gender norms for both girls and boys perpetuated in the past (movie set in "1962") and the present (2015).

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This website has compiled a list of common tropes seen in media regarding gender and sexuality.

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All about gender and sexual identity. For romance, see Love Tropes. For eroticism and sexual behavior, see Sex Tropes. For tropes that bend gender lines, see Gender-Blending Tropes.

Gender-dividing tropes:

Other Tropes:

Action Girl: Kick butts and chew bubblegum.

Adaptational Sexuality: An adaptation changes a character's sexual orientation.

Affirmative Action Girl: A female character is added to a team for the sake of diversity.

All Abusers Are Male: A work always depicts men as being guilty of domestic abuse.

Ambiguous Gender: When the gender of a character is unclear.

Ambiguous Gender Identity: When the gender identity of a character is unclear.

Armoured Closet Gay: A man who is vocally homophobic turns out to be a closeted gay man.

Attractive Bent-Gender: Gender Bender whith the person (usually a man) becoming sexier after the transformation.

Beer Goggles: Being drunk causes a person to see someone as more attractive than they actually are and/or flirt with them.

Best Woman: A bride and groom have friends of the opposite sex fill the role of best man and maid of honor.

Big Beautiful Man: A heavyset man who is considered attractive.

Big Beautiful Woman: A heavyset woman who is considered attractive.

Bi-Wildered: Confusion about one's own or another's bisexuality

Bizarre Alien Reproduction: Aliens reproduce differently from Earth organisms.

Bizarre Alien Sexes: Aliens have different genders or more genders than humans do.

Body Sushi: Sushi being eaten while it's on a naked woman lying down.

Boyfriend Bluff: A man pretends to be a girl's boyfriend to protect her from predators.

The Bro Code: A set of unspoken rules between guys.

Bros Before Hoes: Putting your friend before your love-interest.

Bury Your Gays: Gay people get killed.

But Not Too Bi: Someone is bisexual but seems to favor a particular sex.

But Not Too Gay: Gay couples aren't seen doing romantic or sexual things as much as straight ones.

Butch Lesbian: A lesbian who looks and acts stereotypically tough and masculine.

Camp Gay: A male homosexual who looks and acts stereotypically soft and feminine.

Camp Straight: A male heterosexual with stereotypical feminine traits.

Cannot Talk to Women: A guy who has trouble talking to girls.

The Casanova: A man who strings along many love interests, but is not in a serious relationship with any of them.

Cast Full of Gay: Most if not all of the cast is some manner of LGBT, usually gay.

Cast Full of Pretty Boys: A cast full of pretty/handsome young men.

Category Traitor (The Gender Traitor variant)

Chickification: An action-oriented female becomes more girly and helpless.

Chromosome Casting: The characters are either all male or all female.

Closet Gay: A character is hiding their true orientation.

Coax Them Out of the Closet: A character's friends try to get them to come out of the closet.

Coming Of Age Queer Romance: A character in their late tweens or early teens realizes they're queer and gets together with another queer character.

Coming-Out Story: A LGBT character comes out of the closet and reveals their sexual identity to their friends, family, and associates.

Coming Out to Spouse: An LGBTQ+ character comes out to their spouse.

Coming Straight Story: A straight character has to reveal to gay friends and people who assumed them to be gay that they are not gay.

Common Hollywood Sex Traits: Sex works in an unrealistic way in movies. - Rogue launched trope; restore once properly relaunched.

Creepy Crossdresser: Crossdressing characters (often men) portrayed as evil or deranged.

Crippling Castration: Mutilating or destroying a person's genitals.

Crotch-Glance Sex Check: Seeing an animal's crotch to find out their sex.

Crotch-Grab Sex Check: Grabbing a person's crotch to find out their sex.

Cure Your Gays: People attempt to "cure" homosexuality under the belief that having a sexual orientation other than straight is an illness.

Date My Avatar: A person creates a fake version of themselves for the sake of dating or misleading people online.

Depraved Bisexual: A bisexual person whose malevolence is expected or made worse for being bisexual.

Depraved Homosexual: A gay man whose malevolence is expected or made worse for being homosexual.

Discount Lesbians: Nonhuman characters used to represent a homosexual relationship.

Disguised in Drag: Any scenario where a man dresses as a woman for purposes of disguise.

Does Not Like Men: A woman doesn't like men.

Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Female abusers and male victims aren't treated in the same level of seriousness as male abusers and female victims.

Dragged into Drag: Girls love helping boys dress as girls.

Dude Looks Like a Lady: A feminine-looking man is mistaken for a woman.

Effeminate Misogynistic Guy: A misogynistic man who ironically acts very feminine.

Entitled to Have You: Someone believes that they are more deserving of the person they're attracted to than the one the person truly loves.

Eternal Sexual Freedom: Characters do something sexual that was not allowed in the time period they're set in, and it's not mentioned not to be allowed.

Even the Girls Want Her: A woman is so beautiful that even other women desire her.

Even the Guys Want Him: A man is so attractive that even other men desire him.

Everyone Is Bi: Gender does not factor into the characters' formation of relationships.

Everybody Is Single: A majority of the cast is not married or in a relationship.

Everybody Wants the Hermaphrodite: An intersex character has the most admirers.

Eunuchs Are Evil: People who have had their sex organs removed are depicted as villains.

Experimented in College: Someone who currently identifies as straight pursued same-sex relationships when they were in school.

Extra Y, Extra Violent: A Y chromosome is supposedly linked to aggression, so an extra one leads to extra aggression (naturally, women are exempt).

Extreme Omnisexual: A character will have sex with anyone and anything, no limits.

Fag Hag: A woman who hangs around with gay men.

Fake Period Excuse: Someone fakes being on her period to get out of a situation surreptitiously.

Faux Yay: An extended ruse where characters pretend to be gay.

Faux Action Girl: A supposedly a female badass, but it's only an Informed Attribute.

Favors for the Sexy: A beautiful character (usually female) compels those around them to pamper them or give them things.

Female Gaze: Scenes where the camera focuses on the male anatomy to entice female viewers.

Fembot: A female-looking robot.

Femininity Failure: A Tomboy tries to be feminine but can't pull it off.

Feminist Fantasy: A story which is about a woman, or women in general, who are major characters making things happen of their own agency and volition and saving the day under their own power (likely literal "superpower").

Females Are More Innocent: Females are portrayed as being more innocent than males.

Final Girl: A female character who survives the story while everyone else dies.

Flawless Token: The female or gay character can do no wrong.

Foe Romance Subtext: A pair of rivals/enemies are intentionally given romantic subtext in their interactions.

Forced Out of the Closet: A closeted gay person is outed against their will.

Gay Best Friend: A character has a friend whose only notable quality is that they are gay.

Gay Option: A video game makes it possible for same-sex relations to occur.

Gay Panic: A character's real or perceived homosexuality is toned down to appease Moral Guardians.

Gay Romantic Phase: A character is only gay for a while before " growing up" and becoming straight.

Gayborhood: A neighborhood inhabited by gay people.

Gayngster: A gay gangster.

Gender-Equal Ensemble: The cast has an equal number of male characters and female characters.

Gender-Inverted Trope: Trope specific to one gender is used with the other in mind.

Gender Is No Object: Many jobs in fiction are equal-opportunity, even if they weren't in real life.

"Gender-Normative Parent" Plot: A boy/girl's femininity/masculinity causes a conflict with their parents.

Gender Rarity Value: A person who is valuable because they are the only surviving member of their gender.

Gender Reveal: A character's true gender is revealed.

Gender Scoff: Expressing frustration in dealing with the opposite sex.

Gender-Separated Ensemble Episode: Characters split up on the basis of gender for an installment.

Gendered Insult: An insult having to do with a person's gender.

Gendercide: An entire gender is exterminated.

Get Back in the Closet: When a work jumps up the rough framework for what's "inappropriate" because it contains gay content.

Girls Have Cooties: Boys refuse to hang around girls on account of them possessing a "virus".

Girls Love Chocolate: All women love chocolate, especially if they're a Girly Girl.

Girliness Upgrade: A tomboy becomes more feminine as time goes on.

Girl-Powered: A MacGuffin that only works for girls.

Guys are Slobs: Men are stereotyped as being messy and unhygienic.

Harmless Lady Disguise: A man disguises himself as a lady to avoid suspicion.

Hates Wearing Dresses: A woman doesn't like wearing dresses.

Have I Mentioned I Am Gay?: A work repeatedly says a character is gay, but we never see them engage in homosexual activities.

Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: A character who displays non-conforming or homoerotic behavior feels compelled to remind everyone that they're straight.

He-Man Woman Hater: A man who is an over-the-top misogynist.

Hereditary Homosexuality: Homo- or bisexuality runs in families.

The Hero Doesn't Kill the Villainess: Female villains either survive while their male counterparts die or are killed by someone/something other than the hero.

Heteronormative Crusader: A homophobic activist who fights against what they view as sexual deviancy.

Hide Your Lesbians: Homosexual relationships/people hidden under a veil of subtext.

High-Heel–Face Turn: The sole female villain ends up reforming.

Ho Yay: Two characters of the same gender interact in ways that fans can interpret as indicating that the characters are a couple.

Homosexual Reproduction: Two people of the same gender manage to produce a child.

Homosocial Heterosexuality: Women are passive things for men to fight, barter, or haggle over.

If It's You, It's Okay: A character falls for someone of a gender they're not normally attracted to.

I Have Boobs, You Must Obey!: A woman tries to use her breasts to persuade men.

I Have Brothers: A female character who learned male oriented skills from her brothers.

I'm a Man; I Can't Help It: Men have limited self-control when it comes to sexual arousal.

Improbably Female Cast: For some reason, there are next to no men in this setting. Women do everything, plain and simple.

Incompatible Orientation: Someone is attracted to a person who doesn't swing the same way they do.

Intimacy Via Horror: Females are stereotyped as being unable to experience sources of horror without being scared out of their minds, and when they're dating a male, he'll use this as an opportunity to comfort her for the sake of romance.

The Lad-ette: A girl with stereotypical boorish masculine traits.

Lady Land: A female dominated society where men are either subservient or absent.

Lady Looks Like a Dude: A masculine-looking woman is mistaken for a man.

A Lady on Each Arm: A man is shown with each arm around a woman.

Last Het Romance: A character realizes that they're gay after a failed heterosexual relationship.

Late Coming Out: A character comes out as queer later in life.

Leg Cling: A Stock Pose in which a powerful man stands in a dominant fashion while a woman (usually under-dressed) clings to his leg in submissive, helpless fashion.

Lesbian Jock: A lesbian who plays sports.

Lesbian Vampire: A female vampire who preys on young women.

Less Embarrassing Term: A character finds the word for something embarrassing, so they insist on calling it something else.

LGBT Fanbase: A work of fiction that has gay fans.

Light Girl, Dark Boy: When in a Gender Bender situation, the boy has darker skin and the girl a lighter one.

Lipstick Lesbian: A lesbian who acts feminine.

Madonna-Whore Complex: Women are either respectable and prude virgins or disgusting whores! There is no such thing as a woman who is in-between!

Magical Queer: A (usually camp) gay man who is Closer to Earth.

Male Band, Female Singer: A band with one female member who's the singer.

Male Gaze: Scenes where the camera is focused on a woman's breasts and/or butt to entice male viewers.

Male-to-Female Universal Adaptor: Aliens with human genitals.

A Man Is Always Eager: Men always want sex.

Masculine, Feminine, Androgyne Trio: Evening out the gender ratio by grouping a masculine character, a feminine character, and an androgynous character together.

Masculine–Feminine Gay Couple: A gay couple where one acts masculine and the other acts feminine.

Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: A pairing consisting of a girl who acts masculine and a boy who acts feminine.

Masculine Lines, Feminine Curves: Curves are visibly softer and more delicate than lines, which makes them perfect for drawing women while straight lines are perfect for drawing men.

Matriarchy: A state or society where women are in positions of power and men have little or no role in its affairs.

Men Are Better Than Women: Men are more all-around capable, reliable, or flat out superior, than women.

Men Are Strong, Women Are Pretty: The primary virtue of a man is to be strong, capable, tough and daring. The primary virtue for a woman is to look pretty.

Men Are the Expendable Gender: Male death and suffering is regarded as less important than female death and suffering.

Men Are Tough: The man is portrayed as a tough being.

Men Are Uncultured: Men love sports and hate opera, classical music, and visual arts.

Men Get Old, Women Get Replaced: After the characters have aged up, the male characters seem to be still around and active in the story, while women have moved on, settled down, or have simply died/disappeared.

Menstrual Menace: Weirdness ensues as a girl gets her period.

Mentor in Queerness: A, usually older, out character who acts as support for a newly-out or questioning character.

Mistaken for Gay: Someone is incorrectly assumed to be gay.

Mistaken for Misogynist: A man accidentally says or does something that could be interpreted as sexist.

Monogender Monsters: A male (or female) hero will fight monsters of the same gender.

More Deadly Than the Male: The female is more dangerous than the male.

Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls: If a work brings up fanfiction, it'll most likely fall into the romance genre, and the author(s) will be a girl.

Most Gamers Are Male: Men are the usual demographic when one thinks of "gamers", owing partly to their competitive nature, physical demands, and violent and/or sexual content.

Most Writers Are Male: Most published writers are male, so male protagonists, all-male teams, and misconceptions regarding women are more prevalent.

Mother Nature, Father Science: Nature is caring and feminine, Science is industrious and masculine.

Motherhood Is Superior: Women are better parents than men.

Moustache de Plume: A pen name used to conceal gender.

My Girl Is Not a Slut: Sexually promiscuous women are seen as dirty, but sexually promiscuous men are seen as cool.

Nature Adores a Virgin: Virgins are highly desirable.

Never a Self-Made Woman: Female characters in positions of power got there through their connections to more important men.

Nipple and Dimed: Female nipples get censored.

No Biological Sex: A being that does not biologically have a sex, but may still identify with a gender.

No Bisexuals: There are no bisexuals, only straight people and gay/lesbian people.

No Heterosexual Sex Allowed: To solve an overpopulation problem, a government forbids heterosexual sex.

No Periods, Period: A female character is incapable of going through her menstrual cycle.

No Woman's Land: The world outside of the safe place the woman lives is deeply misogynistic and dangerous.

Non-Heteronormative Society: A culture or society with decidedly non-Western views of gender and sexuality.

Non-Human Non-Binary: A non-binary character is also a non-human character.

Not That There's Anything Wrong with That: A backpedaling move to avoid being viewed as homophobic.

Old Friend, New Gender: An old friend that you haven't seen in a while has had a sex change.

Omegaverse: A setting where humans have a secondary sex (alpha, beta or omega).

One-Gender Race: A race consisting of only one gender.

One-Gender School: A sex-segregated educational institute.

The One Guy: The one male member of a group otherwise composed of females.

Only Has Same-Sex Admirers: A character attracts people of the same sex but never anyone of the opposite sex.

Otokonoko Genre: A Japanese genre of romantic/erotic stories focusing on male crossdressers.

Outfit-Rip Sex Check: A character is made to have their sex revealed by having their clothing ripped off.

Out of the Closet, Into the Fire: After a character comes out they are quickly killed, harmed, or cosmically punished.

Pale Females, Dark Males: Female non-human characters have lighter-colored bodies than male ones.

Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality: A character desires romance and/or sex, but is too afraid of sexuality.

Pass Fail: When trying to live life as another demographic proves unsuccessful.

Pink Girl, Blue Boy: Males are associated with the color blue, while females are associated with pink.

Pink Is Erotic: The color pink represents eroticism and scenes of a sexual nature. Although this is generally associated with women, men are rarely associated with pink.

Platonic Boy/Girl Heroes: A duo consisting of a young boy and girl who are required to work together.

Psychosexual Horror: A subgenre that explores psychosexual development as a subject matter, including themes of sexual development and sexual activities.

Pragmatic Pansexuality: Often going against a character's sexuality to sleep with others in an effort to achieve their goals.

Preserve Your Gays: A queer character is almost killed, but survives in the end.

Pride Parade: An annual parade (and subsequent festival) celebrating LGBTQ life and culture.

Promiscuity After Rape: A character who became sexually promiscuous as the result of being sexually abused in the past.

Property of Love: When being in love makes you essentially your lover's property.

Psycho Lesbian: A mentally unhinged lesbian, mostly motivated by unrequited love for a straight female character.

Purely Aesthetic Gender: When a video game gives the option to play as a female character, the only significant difference from playing as a male character is the player character's physical appearance.

Queer Character, Queer Actor: A gay character is played by a gay actor, or a trans character is played by a trans actor, ect.

Queer People Are Funny: Homosexuality is funny.

Questionable Consent: It's unclear whether or not someone gave consent to have sex with another.

Quickly-Demoted Woman: Getting our strong, successful woman out of the way so we can make way for the male lead by making them trade roles.

Rainbow Lens: A character has a queerness-unrelated trait that can be interpreted as a metaphor for queerness.

Raised as the Opposite Gender: A character is raised as if they were the opposite gender.

Raised by Dudes: A girl grew up surrounded by masculine role models (father, uncles, older brothers, etc) and becomes like them for lack of a feminine role model.

Rape and Switch: The idea that getting raped can change a person's sexual orientation.

A Real Man Is a Killer: A man discovers that he must kill something in order to prove his worth.

Real Men Eat Meat: Men who don't eat meat are looked down upon.

Real Men Hate Affection: Men who don't like hugs or other forms of affection.

Real Men Hate Sugar: It is considered manly to abstain from sweets.

Real Women Don't Wear Dresses: Traditionally feminine women are depicted as weak, worthless, and incompetent.

Real Women Have Curves: Relatable female characters have Weight Woe.

Samus Is a Girl: An Action Hero is subsequently revealed to be an Action Girl.

Secondary Sexual Characteristics: Elements of a creature's physiology that result from it being male or female.

Settled for Gay: A woman settles for marrying a gay man.

Sexbot: A robot built for the purpose of humans having sex with it.

Sexist Used Car Salesman: A man sells a used car to a woman they think doesn't know anything about cars.

Sexual Deviance Is Evil: Having a sexual behavior or orientation outside of the norm is associated with evil.

Sexy Scandinavian: A hot, exoticized Scandinavian.

Sexy Man, Instant Harem: A man who is The Casanova will often attract women.

Showing Up Chauvinists: A woman surprises others by performing well in a traditionally male-dominated field.

Single-Target Sexuality: Someone is only attracted to a specific person.

Sissy Villain: A villain who acts effeminate.

Situational Sexuality: Someone normally heterosexual will become homosexual if there aren't any members of the opposite gender around to placate their lust.

Slut-Shaming: Attacking a person for being promiscuous.

The Smurfette Principle: The one female member of a group otherwise consisting of males.

Some of My Best Friends Are X: Claiming to have friends from a certain group, and then make offensive comments about their group when they're not around.

Sour Prudes: Someone is prudish and looks down on people who like sex.

Speculative Fiction LGBT: LGBT people feature a lot in sci-fi and fantasy.

Starring Smurfette: The main character is a different gender from the rest of the cast.

Stay in the Kitchen: When a character or the narrative insists that women should be barred from action and stay on the sidelines.

Stereotype Reaction Gag: Someone is offended by a stereotypical assumption, only to then immediately demonstrate it.

Stop Being Stereotypical: Wishing that other members of your group would stop acting like walking clichés.

Sweeps Week Lesbian Kiss: Promoting a same-sex kiss as a Ratings Stunt, regardless of context.

Sweet on Polly Oliver: Straight guy find another guy attractive... because that other "guy" is actually a girl.

Sweet Polly Oliver: A female character dresses up as a man to accomplish some end.

Sympathetic Adulterer: Someone cheats on their spouse and is treated as if being unfaithful was the right thing to do.

Tampon Run: A man has to buy tampons for a menstruating woman.

Territorial Smurfette: The sole female character will get antagonistic toward any new female who tries to join the group.

There Are No Girls on the Internet: The idea that all women on the Internet are actually men pretending to be women.

Threesome Subtext: Subtext about the possibility of a shared romantic and/or sexual relationship between three characters.

Token Lesbian: The only member of a group who is a lesbian.

Tomboyness Upgrade: A Girly Girl becomes more tomboyish as time goes on.

Trans Character, Cis Actor: A transgender or non-binary character being played by a cisgender performer.

Trans Equals Gay: The mistaken belief that a Transgender person is just a gay person that "leveled up."

Transparent Closet: Someone denies being gay, but does a very poor job of hiding their sexuality.

Two Girls to a Team: A team otherwise consisting of males has two female members.

Ugly Slavic Women: Eastern European women are hideous and masculine-looking.

Unexpected Virgin: Someone who's revealed as a virgin and it comes as a surprise.

The Unfair Sex: Female characters get away with shenanigans that male characters could not or wouldn't even dare to try.

Unsettling Gender-Reveal: The confusion caused by the person a character was crushing on turning out to be the opposite gender of what they assumed.

Urban Legend Love Life: A character is rumored to have had numerous romantic partners.

Used to Be a Tomboy: A Girly Girl who used to be a tomboy in the past.

Vanity Is Feminine: Femininity means being shallow, envious, and obsessed with beauty.

Virgin-Shaming: Attacking a person just because they never had sexual intercourse.

Wanted a Gender-Conforming Child: Parents take issue with their son or daughter not conforming to traditional gender stereotypes.

Wanted a Son Instead: A parent is upset that they have a daughter instead of a son.

Wet Blanket Wife: The wife who nags her husband to not endanger himself too much and to think about his family.

Where Everybody Knows Your Flame: A gay bar/club will always be very gay.

"Which Restroom?" Dilemma: Someone has trouble deciding which restroom they should use.

White Male Lead: In Western Media, more often than not the protagonist is a White guy.

Wholesome Crossdresser: Positive or neutral depiction of crossdresser characters.

Womanliness as Pathos: Women inherently cause drama or intense feelings.

Women Are Delicate: The belief that women by nature are very vulnerable.

Women Are Wiser: Women are depicted as more intelligent and rational than men.

Women's Mysteries: How to handle menstruation, and maybe also how to do magic.

Wondrous Ladies Room: In fiction, the ladies' room takes on a kind of mystique.

Wrong Genetic Sex: A character's genetic sex doesn't match their actual gender.

Xenafication: A girly female is made more action-oriented and capable of defending herself.

You Go, Girl!: A girl proves that she's as good as the boys in athletics.

Your Normal Is Our Taboo: What's regarded as normal in one society is verboten in another and vice versa.

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This speech by Sojurner Truth talks about the differences between what it means to be a white woman vs a woman of color and how the norms change when race gets involved.

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Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” Performed by Kerry Washington