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Do masculine and feminine nouns in romance languages shape gender roles in those countries where it's primarily spoken?

I know that all nouns in Spanish are masculine and feminine but some occupations like lawyer is"el abogado" and teacher is " la profesora". Does that affect gender roles in those countries? Are men more likely to become lawyers because of the association of lawyer with men via the noun (same with women and teachers)?

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Not sure of the occupational demographics of those countries so these terms could be bad examples.

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Marking this a social science since it deals with more in the realm of sociology more than linguistics but I would really love to know the origin of these nouns as well!
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Most professions in Spanish and Portuguese have a masculine and feminine version of the word. Abogado/abogada, profesor/profesora, medico/medica etc. A better question might be how do the masculinity or femininity of a noun reflect the views of society about men and women. Why are the words "snow" or "rain" feminine while the words "fire" or "earthquake" are masculine? Or why certain words have double meanings and what they say about gender. For example in Spanish "esposas" means "wives" and "handcuffs". In portuguese "piranha" is a word for both the fish and slut.