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Gender Variance DRAFT
Recover strategies are actions that gender deviants take on due to encounters with backlash from society. This can also be due to fear, embarrassment, etc from the gender deviants friends and family. Some examples of recovery Strategies are hiding deviant behavior, conforming to gender norms, etc.

In Laurie A. Rudman and Kimberly Fairchild (2004) experiment participants were atypical men and women were said to have more similarities and knowledge about the opposite atypical sex after taking a survey. In the experiments conducted the results showed that the participants who feared backlash because of the results were more likely to hide their deviant behavior or conformed to the gendered norms.

Hiding deviant behavior means hiding the behavior going against gender norms. In J.M Brennan the change in gender identity of an atypical man or women can cause this hiding and concealment of the deviant behavior. This can be due to fear of the stigma being directed towards them causing concealment of their true identity.

Increasing gender conformity can be seen in the LGBTQ+ who are not supported. In Vantieghem, Wendelien;Van Houtte, Mieke children in the LBGTQ+ community are seen to increase to gender conformity in school settings do to pressure form peers. This can be do to the fact that many LGBTQ+ individuals face backlash and discrimination due to the fact that they are viewed as deviants.