Honorary male
Such women can take on roles (such as monarch) typically associated with men, but they may not substantially alter gender norms for the rest of their society.
In artwork and sculpture of Hatshepsut, she is represented in the traditional pharaoh headdress, kilt, and false beard—a symbol of kingship; her breasts are reduced and deemphasized, and her shoulders are broad and manly.
Hatshepsut's actions to improve the status of women during this time are unknown, although women in ancient Egypt could decide their own professions, marry whomever they desired, contract prenuptial agreements that favored them, divorce their husbands, own real estate, enter the clergy, and had access to birth control and abortions.
Grave sites in the Hochdorf, Biberach region, excavated in 1970, found only elite male burial objects before and during the Hallstatt Period.
War brought forth massive emigration of males, leaving behind women to fill the roles typically held by men.
Gold neck rings, symbolizing the highest status of a successful feast host have been found in female graves indicating that women continued the practices traditionally upheld by men.
She notes that honorary males tend to support rather than subvert patriarchal governance, and cites as an example Queen Elizabeth I, whose reign had little to no impact on the status of women in England.
Stein's participation temporarily modifies the after-dinner ritual in which men smoke cigars and talk amongst themselves, but does not permanently alter it.
[12] Feminist theorist Cynthia Enloe argues that the institution of the military is not comparable to those of education or business because of its inherently violent and hypermasculine characteristics.
Clinton was able to overcome the double bind through portraying herself as tough and experienced (masculine) and compassionate and likable (feminine).
[15] Palin also skillfully navigated the double bind, showing herself as a tough political outsider and a family woman.
In her article,[17] she writes, “Sworn Virgin” is the term given to a biological female in the Balkans who has chosen to take on the social identity of a man for life.
As a tradition dating back hundreds of years, this was sometimes necessary in a society that lived within tribal clans, followed the Kanun, an archaic code of law, and maintained an oppressive rule over the female gender.
The freedom to drive, vote, control money, and own property, all functions traditionally allowed for men only, can be accessed through this choice.
As Albania is a patriarchal society, the families who suddenly lost a male figure "would find themselves in jeopardy of losing everything."
Klein is mentioned on this very issue in Glenwood Irons Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction, stating, "Certainly a woman’s script did not include setting up professionally in a job which so clearly required acknowledged masculine virtues like physical strength, logical thinking, and worldly experience.
Many female detective fiction authors choose to include, even center, stories around gendered issues like status and traditionally feminine behaviour.
