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[[File:Gender.jpg|thumb|Another graph of the gender spectrum.]][[File:Atrinary view.png|thumb|220x220px|Another view of the gender spectrum.]] |
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[[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.]] |
[[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.]] |
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'''Gender''' is a social construct that refers to how one relates to the gender categories within one's society. These are often described with values such as [[masculinity]], [[femininity]], or [[androgyny]], and usually involves one's behaviors, attitudes, and appearance. Commonly, gender is [[Assigned Gender|assigned at birth]], based on one's [[sex]], and one is typically raised with the expectation that one will identify as that given gender. Gender can aligned with one's |
'''Gender''' is a social construct that refers to how one relates to the gender categories within one's society. These are often described with values such as [[masculinity]], [[femininity]], [[Neutral|neutrality]], or [[androgyny]], and usually involves one's behaviors, attitudes, and appearance. Commonly, gender is [[Assigned Gender|assigned at birth]], based on one's [[sex]], and one is typically raised with the expectation that one will identify as that given gender. Gender can aligned with one's assigned gender ([[cisgender]]) or differ from one's assigned gender ([[transgender]]). This relationship with the assigned gender is referred to as [[Gender Modality|gender modality]]. |
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All societies have a set of gender categories, which are typically based on a division of labor. In most societies--particularly Western societies--there is a [[Binary Genders|gender binary]], meaning two recognized genders ([[Man|men/boys]] and [[Woman|women/girls]]), and those who exist outside these categories fall under the [[umbrella term]]s [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] or [[genderqueer]]. Some societies have gender categories [[other]] than men and women, such as the [[hijra]]s of South Asia. These are often referred to as [[Third Gender|third genders]] (and fourth genders, etc.). |
All societies have a set of gender categories, which are typically based on a division of labor. In most societies--particularly Western societies--there is a [[Binary Genders|gender binary]], meaning two recognized genders ([[Man|men/boys]] and [[Woman|women/girls]]), and those who exist outside these categories fall under the [[umbrella term]]s [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] or [[genderqueer]]. Some societies have gender categories [[other]] than men and women, such as the [[hijra]]s of South Asia. These are often referred to as [[Third Gender|third genders]] (and fourth genders, etc.). |
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