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[[File:Gender spectrum.png|thumb|220x220px|The representation of the gender spectrum.]]
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[[File:Gender.jpg|thumb|Another graph of the gender spectrum.|231x231px]][[File:Atrinary view.png|thumb|
[[File: TheGenderbreadperson.png|thumb|180x180px|The Genderbread Person.]]
[[File:Genders -).png|thumb|Another representation of the gender spectrum by Cryptocrew. The white between each color represents how any of these genders could be connected or felt at the same time.|180x180px]]
'''Gender''' refers to how one relates to the gender categories within one's society and culture. One's gender is built from many different aspects, including [[gender identity]], [[gender presentation]], [[gender alignment]], and [[gender modality]].
All societies have a set of gender categories, each with their own cultural norms and expectations, which are typically based on a division of labor. In most societies--particularly Western societies--there is a [[
[[Gender identity]] is a term referring to the way an individual experiences their identity in relation to societal and cultural norms and expectations regarding gender. This can include deeply-held inner feeling of whether one is female, male, [[both]], or [[neither]] (including third genders, [[genderless]]ness, [[xenogender]] etc.) An individual's gender identity is an internally held identity and is not seen by others.
For most individuals, their gender identity matches their physical traits and [[AGAB|assigned gender at birth]], but it’s important to know that these concepts are independent and can be different for each individuals.
▲== Gender vs Sex ==
==Gender Presentation==
[[Sex]] is a biological value, generally determined by genitalia, hormones, and/or chromosomes. Genitalia is typically the basis for one's assigned gender at birth. For example, a person with a penis is generally [[AMAB|assigned male at birth]] and is typically raised with the expectation that they will identify as male. If one's sex characteristics differs from male or female it is known as [[intersex]]. ▼
[[Gender presentation]], or gender expression, is an aspect of gender referring to how an individual's appearance and behavior is categorized by society in relation to the genders recognized in that culture.
While gender presentation is often thought of as being an indication of one's gender identity, that is not always the case. For example, a woman may present [[androgynous]]ly or [[masculine]]ly, or a non-binary individual may present masculinely or [[feminine]]ly. Individuals whose gender presentations do not align with their actual gender are known as [[Gender Non-Conforming|gender non-conforming]]. Some individuals may change their gender presentation from day to day or along with their gender identity.
It is generally accepted that sex refers to one's physically characteristics, while gender refers to one's internal sense of identity and relation to the gender roles in one's society. Sex and gender do not have to align. ▼
[[Pronouns]] and [[Name Alignments|names]] are also forms of gender presentation, and so do not necessarily correlate with an individual's gender identity or other aspects of their gender.
== History ==▼
The concept of gender, in the modern sense, is a recent invention. The ancient world had no basis of understanding gender as it has been understood in the humanities and social sciences for the past few decades. In many societies there was no distinction between sex and gender, so "sex" was used to refer to either.▼
==Gender Alignment==
Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender, and coined the term "gender role" in 1955. He defined it as "all those things that a person says or does to disclose himself or herself as having the status of boy or man, girl or woman." Before his work, it was uncommon to use the word gender to refer to anything but grammatical categories.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170902100748/http://people.virginia.edu/~ser6f/udry.pdf</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120615160110/http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/haig/Publications_files/04InexorableRise.pdf</ref> However, this meaning of the word did not become widespread until the 1970s, when feminist theory embraced the concept of a distinction between biological sex and the social construct of gender. ▼
[[Gender Alignment|Gender alignment]] is an aspect of gender referring to the way an individual's gender may intersect with the [[gender binary]]. This concept is often used by non-binary individuals who do not identify with the gender binary, but may also be used by binary individuals who experience an alignment with a gender that is not expressed by their gender identity.
==Gender Modality==
In some contexts the two words are still used interchangeably, such as with non-human animals. For instance, in 1993, the US FDA started to use gender instead of sex for animals.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150406164205/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM126835.pdf</ref> Later, in 2011, the FDA reversed its position and began using sex as the biological classification.<ref>https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products/evaluation-sex-specific-data-medical-device-clinical-studies-guidance-industry-and-food-and-drug</ref> In legal cases alleging discrimination, sex is usually preferred as the determining factor rather than gender, as it refers to biology rather than socially constructed norms which are more open to interpretation and dispute. ▼
[[Gender modality]] refers to the correspondence (or lack thereof) between one's assigned gender at birth and one's actual gender identity. The two primary and most well known gender modalities are [[cisgender]] and [[transgender]]. However, those are not the only possible modalities one can have.
== How many genders? ==▼
Gender is a infinitely large spectrum, with many positions and identities. A simple way of looking at it is male, female, and everything in between (androgyne). For example, [[Demiboy|demiboys]] are slightly, but not fully men. Androgyne people are in between or simultaneously men and women. However, this model is still flawed as it does not encompass the full range of potential gender experiences, such as [[abinary]] and [[atrinary]] genders.▼
==Gender
▲[[Sex]] is a biological value, generally determined by genitalia, hormones, and/or chromosomes. Genitalia is typically the basis for one's assigned gender at birth. For example, a
▲It is generally accepted that sex refers to one's physically characteristics, while gender identity refers to one's internal sense of identity and relation to the gender roles in one's society. Sex and gender do not have to align.
Sex can also refer to ones internal identity, psychologically or socially, in cases of [[transsex]] and [[altersex]], for example. Not always it's a tangible thing.
[[File:Gender cake.png|thumb|Gender cake<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/cari-rez-lobo/art/Colorful-Gender-Cake-486056234</ref>|180x180px]]
▲The concept of gender, in the modern sense, is a recent invention. The ancient world had no basis of understanding gender as it has been understood in the humanities and social sciences for the past few decades. In many societies there was no distinction between sex and gender, so "sex" was used to refer to
▲Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender, and coined the term "gender role," in 1955. He defined it as "all those things that a
▲In some contexts, the two words are still used interchangeably, such as with non-human animals. For instance, in 1993, the US FDA started to use gender instead of sex for animals.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150406164205/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM126835.pdf</ref> Later, in 2011, the FDA reversed its position and began using sex as the biological classification.<ref>https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products/evaluation-sex-specific-data-medical-device-clinical-studies-guidance-industry-and-food-and-drug</ref> In legal cases alleging discrimination, sex is usually preferred as the determining factor rather than gender, as it refers to biology rather than socially constructed norms which are more open to interpretation and dispute.
▲Gender is a infinitely large spectrum, with many positions and identities. A
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