The social construction of gender is a theory in the humanities and social sciences about the manifestation of cultural origins, mechanisms, and corollaries...

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. Depending on the context,...

This is a list of gender identities. Gender identity can be understood to include how people describe, present, and feel about themselves. Abinary Agender...

Gender transition is the process of changing one's gender presentation or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity –...

while gender usually refers to either social roles typically associated with the sex of a person (gender role) or personal identification of one's own...

challenge binary social constructions of gender often self-identify as genderqueer. In addition to being an umbrella term for non-binary gender identities,...

Social constructionism is a term used in sociology, social ontology, and communication theory. The term can serve somewhat different functions in each...

"From Accommodation to Liberation: A Social Movement Analysis of Lesbians in the Homophile Movement". Gender and Society. 8 (3): 424–443. doi:10...

A gender role, or sex role, is a set of socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their sex. Gender...

non-fixed gender identity that shifts over time or depending on the situation. These fluctuations can occur at the level of gender identity or gender expression...

gender differences were socially constructed. In other words, people gradually conform to gender differences through their experience of the social world...

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity is a book by the post-structuralist gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler in which the...

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Gender-affirming surgery is a surgical procedure, or series of procedures, that alters a person's physical appearance and sexual characteristics to resemble...

entered into dictionaries starting in 2015 as a result of changes in social discourse about gender. The term has been and continues to be controversial...

Sociology of gender is a prominent subfield of sociology. Social interaction directly correlated with sociology regarding social structure. One of the most...

that cross over, cut across, move between, or otherwise queer socially constructed sex/gender boundaries", including, but not limited to, "transsexuality...

Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality is a 2000 book by the sexologist Anne Fausto-Sterling, in which the author explores the social construction...

exhibit gender variance may be called gender-variant, gender-nonconforming, gender-diverse, or gender-atypical. The terms gender variance and gender-variant...

gender and sexuality. In gender studies, the term "gender" is often used to refer to the social and cultural constructions of masculinity and femininity...

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of gender Social identity theory Social construction of gender Sociology of human consciousness Berger, Peter (1967). The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a...

people of all genders, or regardless of their sex or gender identity. Pansexual people might refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender and...

Third gender is a concept in which individuals are categorized, either by themselves or by society, as neither a man or woman. It is also a social category...

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social construction of gender, sexual identity, gender identity, gender roles, and intersexuality. She is the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology...

Gender dysphoria (GD) is the distress a person experiences due to a mismatch between their gender identity—their personal sense of their own gender—and...

Gender expression, or gender presentation, is a person's behavior, mannerisms, and appearance that are socially associated with gender, namely femininity...

femininity is an entirely social construction. Instead, they view gender as a multifaceted set of diverse intrinsic and social qualities. For example, there...

Same sex marriages: new generations, new relationships. Genders and sexualities in the social sciences. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan...