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[[File:Gender spectrum.png|thumb|220x220px|The representation of the gender spectrum.]] |
[[File:Gender spectrum.png|thumb|220x220px|The representation of the gender spectrum.]] |
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[[File:Genderpyramid.png|thumb|220x220px|Another view of the gender spectrum.]] |
[[File:Genderpyramid.png|thumb|220x220px|Another view of the gender spectrum.]] |
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[[File:Gender.jpg|thumb|Another graph of the gender spectrum.]] |
[[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. 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 related to the gender categories within one's society, which are often described with values such as [[Masculine|masculinity]], [[Feminine|femininity]], or [[Androgynous|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 identity as that given gender. Gender can aligned with one's sex ([[cisgender]]) or differ from one's sex ([[transgender]]). |
'''Gender''' is a social construct that refers to how one related to the gender categories within one's society, which are often described with values such as [[Masculine|masculinity]], [[Feminine|femininity]], or [[Androgynous|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 identity as that given gender. Gender can aligned with one's sex ([[cisgender]]) or differ from one's sex ([[transgender]]). |
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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. |
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. |
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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. |
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. |
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== How many genders? == |
== How many genders? == |
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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 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. |
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