Richard is a happily married man with children who is a successful kindergarten teacher. according to traditionalists, he has adopted the wrong

The correct answer is gender identity. 

Gender identity can be defined as socially constructed ideas and beliefs about appropriate behavior and conduct of females and males respectively. A married man's gender identity would typically involve being the family's breadwinner by working in a manual or corporate job. In this instance, Richard is a kindergarten teacher (a nurturing and typically "feminine" job), which deviates from the traditional gender identity of a male.