Is there a difference between gender roles & gender representation?

I am writing a paper on this topic. In my intro I put how gender roles still remain evident and in my thesis, one of the three things to prove it was

I am writing a paper on this topic. In my intro I put how gender roles still remain evident and in my thesis, one of the three things to prove it was gender representation but I think it might be(or mean) the same thing, just a different way of putting it.

or:I am writing a paper on this topic. In my intro I put how gender roles still remain evident and in my thesis, one of the three things to prove it was gender representation but I think it might be(or mean) the same thing, just a different way of putting it.

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