A gender traditionalist is a person who believes in traditional ideals concerning gender, as defined by the society and culture they are a part of. Gender traditionalists often also promote and engage in the social expectations, roles, and behaviors that are ascribed to them based on gender.
In Westernized countries, such an ideology often focuses on binary genders (male and female), and is linked closely to gender essentialism, biologism, and similar ideals. On its own, standard Western gender traditionalism often enspouses the belief that gender roles are the most optimal for the biological sexes to fulfil- and that they are necessary for a well working society.
Gender traditionalists in Western society are often enbyphobic to those who don't fit into their ideas of binary gender. Sometimes they also disapprove of binary trans people because they don't conform to their assigned gender at birth.
Further reading[]
Zollinger, Anna L; "Modern Gender Traditionalism; What on Earth is it?" (2015); A Sweet and Delicate Thing
Bartkowski, J. P. & Xu, X; "Religion and family values reconsidered: Gender traditionalism among conservative Protestants" (2010). From Religion, Families, and Health: Population-Based Research in the United States. (pp. 106-125). Rutgers University Press
Brubaker, Cathryn Elise; "Doing health, doing gender: Testing a social constructionist view of health and risk behavior engagement" (January 1, 2007). Doctoral Dissertation Paper AAI3289234.
Gallagher, Sally K; "Symbolic Traditionalism & Pragmatic Egalitarianism: Contemporary Evangelicals, Families & Gender" (1996)