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gender script

a temporally organized, gender-related sequence of events. Stereotypically female gender scripts may include doing laundry or preparing dinner in the kitchen, whereas stereotypically male scripts may include building a birdhouse or barbecuing. See also script.

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hyperorexia

hyperorexia

n. a pathologically increased appetite. See also bulimia. Compare hyporexia.