genrées
Genrées is the plural form of genrée, a sociological term used to describe gendered categorization and the social arrangements that organize life around gender norms. The concept refers to how institutions, practices, discourse, and material design create and reinforce categories, behaviors, and expectations that align with perceived gender. Genrées highlight the distinction between biological sex and social gender, emphasizing that many attributes of everyday life—roles in the workplace, family responsibilities, fashion, language, and spatial organization—are shaped by socially constructed scripts rather than innate differences.
Origin and usage are predominantly found in French-language scholarship on gender studies, though the idea has
Criticism of the concept focuses on concerns that labeling phenomena as genrées can risk essentializing gender
See also: gender, gender studies, gendered space, intersectionality, social construction of gender.