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'''Gender Arity''' or '''Leptarity''' is a term used to describe the number of established/existing gender categories within one's experience or within a given culture.<ref>https://leptrois.tumblr.com/post/186155369267/leptarity-gender-arity</ref> The most well known gender arity is the Western [[Binary Genders|gender binary]]. It is a gender arity of two, denoted by the prefix bi-, meaning that their are two established gender categories, in this case [[man]] and [[woman]]. However, this is not the only gender arity to exist. There are also cultures with five genders (quinary) or six genders (senary/hexary).
== Arities ==
* Nullary: A system in which no gender categories exists. Or a conceptualization of gender that is not linked to any arity at all.
* Unarity/monarity: A system in which one gender category exists.
* Binary: A system in which two gender categories exist. It is most commonly understood to be male and female, and is present in Western cultures. The term [[abinary]] derives from this, showing a gender that is unrelated to the gender binary.
* Trinary: A system in which three gender categories exist. It is most commonly understood to be male, female, and a third gender, [[neutral]] gender, or [[androgynous]] gender. The term [[atrinary]] derives from this, showing a gender that is unrelated to the gender binary.
* Quadnary/Quadrinary: A system in which four gender categories exist.
* Quinary/Quinternary: A system in which five gender categories exist. It is present in traditional Bugis culture.
* Senary/Hexary: A system in which six gender categories exist. It is present in traditional Jewish texts.
== References ==
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