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'''Gender '''is a complex interrelationship between three dimensions: body, identity, and social gender.
'''Gender '''is "''a complex interrelationship between three dimensions: body, identity, and social gender." -''[https://genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender Gender spectrum]
 
== Dimensions of gender and examples  <ref>https://genderspectrum.org/articles/understanding-gender</ref>  ==
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'''Body'''<br>
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*We are taught that bodies have one of two forms of genitalia, which identify us as “female” or “male." Intersex traits demonstrate that sex exists across a continuum of possibilities, demonstrating that biological sex is not binary.
*Masculinity and femininity as defined by society have associated physical attributes. These are used to define us as more or less a man/woman, impact our feelings of self and impact how others interact with us.
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'''Identity'''
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*Our internal experience and naming of our gender.
*How we communicate our gender identity may change over time. This does not mean our gender has changed, but that the words for it are.
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'''Social'''
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*Social gender is defined by gender expression; how we present our gender to others (i.e. clothing, hairstyles, and behaviours).
*Social gender includes how individuals, communities and society perceive, interact with, and shape our gender, such as gender roles and expectations.
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 11 January 2023

Gender is "a complex interrelationship between three dimensions: body, identity, and social gender." -Gender spectrum

Dimensions of gender and examples [1]

Body

  • We are taught that bodies have one of two forms of genitalia, which identify us as “female” or “male." Intersex traits demonstrate that sex exists across a continuum of possibilities, demonstrating that biological sex is not binary.
  • Masculinity and femininity as defined by society have associated physical attributes. These are used to define us as more or less a man/woman, impact our feelings of self and impact how others interact with us.

Identity

  • Our internal experience and naming of our gender.
  • How we communicate our gender identity may change over time. This does not mean our gender has changed, but that the words for it are.

Social

  • Social gender is defined by gender expression; how we present our gender to others (i.e. clothing, hairstyles, and behaviours).
  • Social gender includes how individuals, communities and society perceive, interact with, and shape our gender, such as gender roles and expectations.




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