The phrase "adopt gender" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the acceptance or identification with a particular gender identity.
Example: "Many individuals choose to adopt gender identities that align with their true selves, regardless of societal expectations."
Alternatives: "embrace gender" or "assume gender".
Schools should adopt "gender neutral" uniform policies to avoid discrimination against LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) pupils, Britain's boarding schools were told.
Women wear pants all the time, but sometimes at church it feels like we're asked to adopt gender roles that are very traditional," organizer Nancy Ross, 33, of St .George, Utah, told Reuters.
Like the adolescent in the short film, teenagers tend to adopt gender standards without questioning them, boxing themselves in with conceptions of masculinity or femininity they haven't necessarily chosen.
For example, over the past few years Pax World has filed or co-filed board diversity proposals at eight companies asking them to adopt gender diversity policies for their boards.
If they wanted to go further they could also "urge their suppliers to adopt gender-specific policies".
In Sweden, for example, the 1998 amendments to the Education Act called for schools to adopt "gender-aware education" guidelines.
For middling classes, clear distinctions between feminine and masculine dress signified precious respectability, so they were therefore more reluctant to adopt gender-ambiguous trends.
Governments are beginning to adopt gender-sensitive laws and policies on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care.
Families should adopt gender-free rules in the family in all areas of behavior (study time, work time, parent-child relationships, etc. ) and apply the same standards of discipline.
Decades after European governments adopted gender equality legislation, there is growing frustration that laws have failed to translate into more jobs for women at the highest levels.
Tall and loose-limbed, a smoker and a talker, Hubert is happy to partake of the privileges of his adopted gender, including the company of a lovely and devoted wife (Bronagh Gallagher).
