Personally I think it "translates" into those labels [i]if you let it[/i]. When I see a male or female, that's what I acknowledge, along with other observations such as hair or eye color. But when I see a male I don't think "well he's masculine and probably brings home the paycheck" nor when I see a female do I think "well she's probably a housewife and is weaker than her husband."

For me to know whether this male is the big macho, bread winning, emotion hiding slab of meat would require me to spend a certain amount of time with him to understand who he is, where he comes from, and what traits make him the individual he is. Perhaps I just have an odd way of thinking, but I can't imagine people go beyond a certain point mentally when you're taking somebody in physically, especially a complete stranger. Maybe I'm also just way off base, I'm special, you know.

tl;dr: Yes, you can look at somebody without perceived gender roles being attached.