Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
> What other kinds of gender are there? It would be interesting to see
> some examples.
I paste some email I already privately answered.
Someone wrote:
> Wildly OT, but don't people generally self identify more with one
> gender or the other?
If "generally" equals "white and rich" (as in clean tab water), yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender#Sex
Gender can refer to the (biological) condition of being male or
female, or less commonly hermaphrodite or neuter, which are
missing.
Not everywhere else: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender
Then you have
- Queer (term used to describe a sexual orientation and/or gender
identity or gender expression that does not conform to heteronormative
society).
- Gender bender (informal term used to refer to a person who actively
transgresses, or "bends," expected gender roles)
- Transgender (individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies
that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly,
but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally
held by society)
- Postgenderism (Advocates of postgenderism argue that the presence of
gender roles, social stratification, and sexual dimorphisms are
generally to the detriment of individuals and society, arguing that
masculinity and femininity are oppressive social constructs)
- Genderfuck is a gender performance which "fucks with" or plays with
traditional gender identities, gender roles, and gender presentation.
- Genderqueer (someone who identifies as a gender other than "man" or
"woman," or someone who identifies as neither, both, or some
combination thereof)
> [I really don't knwo what the proper terms would be that didn't
> conflate both gender and phenotypic sex (which of course, is distinct
> from genetic sex.)]
Me neither, that's why an input field feels less strict to me, and more
welcoming to all individuals.
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