Gender

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Definition

Gender refers to a person’s identification as a man, a woman, or something else, along with associated social roles, behaviors, cultural traits, and clothing. As an adjective, it can describe something that evokes positive feelings connected with gender, such as gender euphoria or gender envy.

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Gender identity and social roles

Gender can describe the category a person identifies with, including man, woman, or another identity. It can also refer to the social roles and sets of behaviors, cultural traits, and clothing associated with those categories.

Gender and sex

Gender and sex can refer to different categories. Sex describes a reproductive category, while gender concerns identification and association with social roles, behaviors, cultural traits, and clothing.

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  1. Wiktionary: Gender definition