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 A psychological phenomenon that refers to learned sex-related behaviors and attitudes of males and females.
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refers to the economic, social, political, and cultural attributes, constraints and opportunities associated with being a woman or a man. The social definitions of what it means to be a woman or a man vary among cultures and change over time. Gender is a sociocultural expression of particular characteristics and roles that are associated with certa [..]
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Definition Roles and responsibilities of men and women that are created in our families, our societies and our cultures. Gender roles and expectations are learned. They can change over time and they v [..]
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1 [countable, uncountable] the fact of being male or female, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences, not differences in biology issues of class, race and gender t [..]
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"to bring forth," late 14c., from Old French gendrer, genrer "engender, beget, give birth to," from Latin generare "to engender, beget, produce" (see generation). Related [..]
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c. 1300, "kind, sort, class," from Old French gendre, genre "kind, species; character; gender" (12c., Modern French genre), from stem of Latin genus (genitive generis) "race, [..]
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/ˈʤɛndɚ/ noun plural genders gender /ˈʤɛndɚ/ noun plural genders Learner's definition of GENDER 1  [count] : the state of being male or female : sex Please state your name, birth date, and ge [..]
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The socially constructed identity assigned to a person as a result of their sex. Related: Cindy Sherman. Untitled, Number 228. 1990 Claude Cahun. Untitled c. 1921 Senga Nengudi. R.S.V.P. I. 1977/2003 [..]
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A social construct related to masculine and feminine behaviors that are learned. [SB] A social, symbolic construction that expresses the meanings a society confers on biological sex. Feminine and masc [..]
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One’s biological, social, and legal status as male or female.
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physical, cultural, and social aspects of sexual identity.
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A grammatical category in most Indo-European languages. Three genders commonly appear for pronouns, nouns (and in inflected languages adjectives): masculine, feminine, and neuter. Note that these cate [..]
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Has come to refer to the socially constructed roles and differences between men and women; as opposed to 'sex' which refers to the biological distinctions between male and female.
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Gender refers to the roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society at a given time considers appropriate for men and women. In addition to the social attributes and opportunities a [..]
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a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually ba [..]
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A grammatical category found in many languages in which a noun, pronoun, article and adjective is masculine, feminine or neuter, although some languages only distinguish between masculine and feminine [..]
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Gender is based on the expectations and stereotypes about behaviours, actions, and roles linked to being a “man” or “woman” within a particular culture or society. The social norms related to gender c [..]
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In text study, exploration of the way notions of gender identity are constructed by the language and values of the text. In grammar, a requirement for agreement between nouns, adjectives, verbs and pr [..]
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Socially defined behavior regarded as appropriate for the members of each sex.
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Term for the condition of being male or female or neuter. Sex refers to the biological aspects of male and female. Gender implies the cultural, social, behavioural and psychological aspects.
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Gender nominated by the student in the course application process.
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Definitions of masculinity and femininity that are determined by ones culture. Therefore, the definitions of male and female can change across countries, societies, and subcultures. Together, all of t [..]
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In addition to male and female, there are, in the Quantitative Coding System, subclasses of groups constituted of both genders and another subclass for characters whose gender cannot be identified by the dreamer. Sometimes a character in a dream might change gender; these changes are called Metamorphoses. See also: characters   
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Human subject term indicating a classification of research subjects into women and men.
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Social, psychological and cultural differences between men and women (rather than biological differences of sex). See feminism, heteropatriarchy, patriarchy, sexism.
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Social elaboration of sex-based differences. "Gender" is usually used to indicate the cultural or social aspects of sex differences that develop over space and time rather than the limited n [..]
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NAEP results are reported separately for males and females, based on students' self-reported gender.
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[Flowering & Fruiting] -- The sex an organ, in particular about flowers.
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NAEP results are reported separately for males and females, based on students' self-reported gender.
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A social difference that may vary according to the times and the society or group one belongs to, and which are learned or attributed by women and men. Gender is a broader concept than the mere biological differences between men and women.
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The traits and behaviors that are socially designated as "masculine" or "feminine" in a particular society.
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The social categories based on physical sexual characteristics and the meanings, behaviors, and values associated with these categories.
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A social construct that informs roles, attitudes, values and relationships between women and men. While sex is determined by biology - the biological differences between men and women - gender is dete [..]
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(n) a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usuall [..]
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Traditionally used synonymously with biological sex, indicting male or female, but increasingly associated with social constructs such as role in the study of travel behavior.
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sexual identity; a grouping such as male or female. The term tends to be used in relation to social and cultural categories whereas sex tends to be used in a biological sense.
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The culturally created differences between men and women which are learnt through socialization.
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Gender of the students that a school caters for.
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Refers to the attitudes, feelings, and behaviours that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex. Behaviour that is compatible with cultural expectations is referred to as gender-norma [..]
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(kjønn): a category of nouns and pronouns. English does not have grammatical gender except with some pronouns and determiners, unlike Norwegian, where grammatical gender is reflected in the use of art [..]
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a xylophone with metal bars used in Indonesian Gamelan.
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– certain products are classified as being male- or female-oriented, except within sub-categories where the gender is apparent e.g. Men’s Fragrances
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Socially-constructed identity of male or female.
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The socially constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender diverse people. It influences how people perceive themselves and each other, how they act [..]
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 the social classification of people as masculine and/or feminine.
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A social construct used to classify a person as a man, woman, or some other identity. Fundamentally different from the sex one is assigned at birth.
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A feature of many synthetic languages such as German and Latin which group words — nouns and their determiners (articles, pronouns, adjectives) — according to different formal classes. In the Indo-Eur [..]
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(from the World Health Organization) Refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.
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The term gender has traditionally referred, as has sex, to the biological differences between men and women. More recently a movement has arisen both ...
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Culturally specific set of characteristics that identify the social behaviour of individuals, the relationship between them, the way this relationship is socially constructed, and the way individuals  [..]
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The economic, social and cultural attributes and opportunities associated with being male or female in a particular point in time. Also refers to the socially constructed relationship between women an [..]
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Socially and culturally constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and trans people.
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The gender of a Pokémon is designated as male, female, or unknown. If you want to find a Pokémon Egg at the Pokémon Day Care, you'll generally need to leave Pokémon of opposite (male and female) [..]
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"Gender" refers to the roles, responsibilities and identities of women and men and how these are valued in society. These vary in different cultures and change over time. Gender identities define how society expects women and men to think and act. Gender roles, responsibilities and identities can be changed because they are socially learn [..]
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Gender is a notion used in social sciences. It refers to the cultural dimension of sexual differentiation (such as the distribution of power or the breakdown of roles between men and women in society) [..]
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Gender is a social construct that refers to relations between and among the sexes, based on their relative roles. It encompasses the economic, political, and socio-cultural attributes, constraints, an [..]
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The state of being female or male
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A person’s gender refers to that individual’s affiliation with either male or female social roles. Gender differs from sex in the same way that ethnicity differs from race: gender is a sociological co [..]
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The various social roles and identities attributed to individuals and groups on the basis of their biological sex.
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The social identity that is socially constructed around biological sex. The social/cultural roles that are prescribed according to one’s sex category.
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"refers to the sociological set of boundaries and signifiers that may define people as being feminine, masculine, or androgynous. When you look at someone and decide that she's a girl, based [..]
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