Meaning of gender-swapping | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“About a month ago, when Lauryn was starting to feel⟳ a bit burned out on the heterosexual internet dating scene, she had started toying with the idea of pretending to be a man online. There was hardly anything new about gender-swapping on the interent, but having a cyber-penis was a revolutionary discovery to Lauryn.”

“This has been a single case study⟳ of one man's gender-bending experiences online but it demonstrates the potential for further research⟳ into the impact of gender-swapping experiences on identity and the offline self. It also questions previous conclusions in this area that gender-swapping does not impact significantly on the online self and that such experiences do not lead⟳ us to learn⟳ anything about gender (see⟳ e.g., Lewis 2004).”

“Throughout the comedies, all manner of confusion and gender-swapping and mistaken identity is resolved with Mozartian harmony and multiple weddings.”

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