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#EngenderedWriting 12 — Is *shame* a gender role?

What an odd idea.

Shame is a tool society uses for enforcing gender roles. One who steps outside of their assigned gender role is shamed for it in a variety of ways.

In my experience, this applies to all gender roles across multiple cultures.