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All humans are born with biological characteristics of sex, either male, female, or intersex. Gender, however, is a social construct and generally based on the norms, behaviors, and societal...
- The Gender Binary
The gender binary refers to the notion that gender comes in...
- Gender Gaps in Mental Wellbeing
Gender differences in dimensions of mental wellbeing....
- Genderqueer
Gender A Guide to Genderqueer, Non-Binary, and Genderfluid...
- Play in Mind
Verified by Psychology Today. Play in Mind. Exploring the...
- A Woman's Place
A Woman's Place: The new barriers and old biases that...
- The Rise of Feminine Leadership: Embracing The New Way
In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the...
- The Heartbreaking Beauty of The Power Cry
Key points "Ugly cry" is an unhelpful, outdated, and...
- The State of Our Unions
Greg Matos PsyD on August 31, 2023. Mental health standards...
- The Gender Binary
27 lut 2021 · The APA (2012) defines gender as “the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex” (p. 11). Gender conformity occurs when people abide ...
3 sie 2023 · Key points. Biological sex is not binary, but runs on a spectrum. Gender is not necessarily determined by biological sex. Gender is a social and linguistic construct that varies across cultures.
To this aim, we deconstructed the concept of ‘gender’ as consisting of four facets: physiological/bodily aspects, self-defined gender identity, legal gender and gender expression (including social norms related to appearance and behaviour).
1 wrz 2005 · The term gender is becoming more common in scientific publications to describe biological variation traditionally assigned to sex, and this nonspecific language merits a standardized approach. Increasingly, researchers are becoming aware of the appropriate use of the terms sex vs. gender.
19 lut 2018 · Here we review the evidence that gender identity and related socially defined gender constructs are influenced in part by innate factors including genes. Based on the data reviewed, we hypothesize that gender identity is a multifactorial complex trait with a heritable polygenic component.
gender is the social elaboration of biological sex. Not surprisingly, social norms for heterosexual coupling and care of any resulting children are closely intertwined with gender.