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	~~==Gender 101==~~
	The first thing you need to understand is that '''"gender" is not the same thing as "(which) sex"'''. They are often used interchangeably, and indeed ''in most people'' they are intercorrelated to a very high degree, but there is a significant portion of the population for which this is not true.

	* '''sex''' (as in the attribute, not the act) is most commonly used to mean the ''physical, genetic, or biological'' male-ness or female-ness of a person. It is a common misperception that this is entirely caused by the presence or absence of a Y chromosome, though the misperception is understandable because this is certainly true in the overwhelming majority of cases. But there are clear exceptions. "Sex" in this meaning might be less misleadingly called '''physical gender'''.
	* '''gender''' refers to ''all'' attributes which are commonly thought of as "masculine" or "feminine" traits. This technically includes "sex", so you might define "sex" as "one's physical/genetic/biological gender". However, even leaving out "sex", there are many separate aspects to "gender". Again, these aspects are highly correlated in most people -- but not in everyone.
	~~===attributes===~~
	The next thing you need to understand is that '''there are many attributes, both physical and behavioral, which make up what we call "gender"'''. (In other words, gender is not "either-or", or even a "spectrum", but a ''multidimensional continuum''.[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/opinion/sunday/the-tangle-of-the-sexes.html?hp&_r=0]) These attributes may tend to [[issuepedia:similarity cluster\|cluster]] into two groups which we call "male" and "female", but these convenient labels are inadequate to describe the true situation for many people. [http://invisiblelad.tumblr.com/post/42340034458/study-debunks-notion-that-men-and-women-are] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21788238]

	~~Some gender attributes:~~
	* '''physical''':
	** chromosomes (XX, XY, or other)
	** skin tone (adult females tend to have softer, lighter skin with a layer of subcutaneous fat)
	** skin padding (adult females typically have additional fatty deposits in certain areas, giving them a more "curvy" shape)
	** body & facial hair (adult males tend to have more hair everywhere except the top of the head, especially on the face)
	** genital configuration (inny vs. outy, with a few other variations generally (and questionably!) viewed as birth defects)
	** back of the skull (adult males have a bump which children and adult females lack)
	** musculature (adult males tend to have greater upper-body strength)
	** height (adult females tend to be a few inches shorter than adult males)
	* '''behavioral'''
	** '''sexual attraction''': males tend to prefer females and vice-versa, but this is reversed for a large percentage of the population ("homosexuality"). Some people are attracted to members of both genders ("bisexual"), while some are best described as "asexual" (not feeling sexual attraction for anyone)
	** '''play affinity''': juveniles tend to prefer to play with members of the "same" physical gender; to some extent this is socialized, but it also seems to be a genuine preference -- boys have a notable tendency towards very different and incompatible styles of play than girls do (see next item)
	** '''play preferences''': "girls" tend to prefer dolls, role-play involving housekeeping and nurturing, and more gentle games; "boys" tend to prefer sports, role-play involving violence (fighting and killing), and other competitive and kinetic activities
	* '''other'''
	** '''body map''': the internal wiring which tells you what shape your body "should" be also seems to have an opinion about what physical gender traits you should have
	** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.)
	~~==Links==~~
	* World Health Organization: [http://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html Gender and Genetics]
	* '''2016-04-17''' [http://geekdad.com/2016/04/gender-language-primer/ Gender Identity and Associated Gender Language: A Primer]
	* '''2015-12-23''' [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/23/scientists-discover-genderfluid-lioness-who-looks-acts-and-roars-like-a-male/ Scientists discover 'genderfluid' lioness who looks, acts and roars like a male] ([https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/UHSFabJ7iVf via]): yes, Virginia, gender fluidity does exist in nature (...although I'm not sure that's really the right term here... and the article states that she "grew a mane" and "developing a deeper and more masculine roar" as if it was a conscious decision, which seems unlikely -- more likely her hormone levels are unusual for a lioness)
	* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex
	* '''2015-03-22''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravishly/neuroscience-proves-what-_b_6494820.html Neuroscience Proves What We've Known All Along: Gender Exists on a Spectrum]
	* '''2015-02-18''' [https://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 Sex redefined] ([https://awoo.space/users/konomikitten/statuses/99284833309535851 via]) "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."
	** [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ Pharyngula] "...my only quibble would be with that "now". You'd have to define "now" as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I'm getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."
	* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]
	* '''2016-10-31''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0co0minMG6I Gender Analysis 02. The Gender Axis of Evil] (video by Zinnia Jones)
	* '''2014-09-20''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/when-no-gender-fits-a-quest-to-be-seen-as-just-a-person/2014/09/20/1ab21e6e-2c7b-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html When no gender fits: A quest to be seen as just a person]
	* '''2014-03-20''' [http://the-real-seebs.tumblr.com/post/80222705544/im-curious-as-to-why-you-seem-so-certain-that-gender I'm curious as to why you seem so certain that gender is not a social construct.] Answer: It's partly social and partly biological.
	* '''2014-02-20''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/02/20/sex-differences-are-real/ Sex differences are real] but not binary
	* '''2014-02-07''' [http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2014/feb/07/mind-your-language-transgender Understanding gender diversity: sex and gender are not the same thing]
	* '''2012-03''' [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2011/11/breaking-through-the-binary-gender-explained-using-continuums/ The Genderbread Person]: an educational graphic
	** Other versions - [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/03/the-genderbread-person-v2-0/ 2.0], [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2015/03/the-genderbread-person-v3/ 3.3]: while more precise, these may be more difficult to understand
	* '''2011-12-14''' [http://skepchick.org/2011/12/bilaterally-gynandromorphic-chickens-and-why-im-not-scientifically-male/ Bilaterally Gynandromorphic Chickens, and Why I'm Not "Scientifically" Male]

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	* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex		* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex
	* '''2015-03-22''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravishly/neuroscience-proves-what-_b_6494820.html Neuroscience Proves What We've Known All Along: Gender Exists on a Spectrum]		* '''2015-03-22''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravishly/neuroscience-proves-what-_b_6494820.html Neuroscience Proves What We've Known All Along: Gender Exists on a Spectrum]
	* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ ~~"The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."~~] "...my only quibble would be with that "now". You'd have to define "now" as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I'm getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."		* '''2015-02-18''' [https://www.nature.com/news/sex-redefined-1.16943 Sex redefined] ([https://awoo.space/users/konomikitten/statuses/99284833309535851 via]) "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."
			** [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ Pharyngula] "...my only quibble would be with that "now". You'd have to define "now" as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I'm getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."
	* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]		* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]
	* '''2016-10-31''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0co0minMG6I Gender Analysis 02. The Gender Axis of Evil] (video by Zinnia Jones)		* '''2016-10-31''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0co0minMG6I Gender Analysis 02. The Gender Axis of Evil] (video by Zinnia Jones)

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	* '''2015-12-23''' [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/23/scientists-discover-genderfluid-lioness-who-looks-acts-and-roars-like-a-male/ Scientists discover 'genderfluid' lioness who looks, acts and roars like a male] ([https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/UHSFabJ7iVf via]): yes, Virginia, gender fluidity does exist in nature (...although I'm not sure that's really the right term here... and the article states that she "grew a mane" and "developing a deeper and more masculine roar" as if it was a conscious decision, which seems unlikely -- more likely her hormone levels are unusual for a lioness)		* '''2015-12-23''' [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/23/scientists-discover-genderfluid-lioness-who-looks-acts-and-roars-like-a-male/ Scientists discover 'genderfluid' lioness who looks, acts and roars like a male] ([https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/UHSFabJ7iVf via]): yes, Virginia, gender fluidity does exist in nature (...although I'm not sure that's really the right term here... and the article states that she "grew a mane" and "developing a deeper and more masculine roar" as if it was a conscious decision, which seems unlikely -- more likely her hormone levels are unusual for a lioness)
	* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex		* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex
	* '''2015-03-22''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravishly/neuroscience-proves-what-_b_6494820.html Neuroscience Proves What Known All Along: Gender Exists on a Spectrum]		* '''2015-03-22''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravishly/neuroscience-proves-what-_b_6494820.html Neuroscience Proves What We've Known All Along: Gender Exists on a Spectrum]
	* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that . have to define as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."		* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that "now". You'd have to define "now" as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I'm getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."
	* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]		* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]
	* '''2016-10-31''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0co0minMG6I Gender Analysis 02. The Gender Axis of Evil] (video by Zinnia Jones)		* '''2016-10-31''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0co0minMG6I Gender Analysis 02. The Gender Axis of Evil] (video by Zinnia Jones)
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	* '''2012-03''' [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2011/11/breaking-through-the-binary-gender-explained-using-continuums/ The Genderbread Person]: an educational graphic		* '''2012-03''' [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2011/11/breaking-through-the-binary-gender-explained-using-continuums/ The Genderbread Person]: an educational graphic
	** Other versions - [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/03/the-genderbread-person-v2-0/ 2.0], [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2015/03/the-genderbread-person-v3/ 3.3]: while more precise, these may be more difficult to understand		** Other versions - [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/03/the-genderbread-person-v2-0/ 2.0], [http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2015/03/the-genderbread-person-v3/ 3.3]: while more precise, these may be more difficult to understand
	* '''2011-12-14''' [http://skepchick.org/2011/12/bilaterally-gynandromorphic-chickens-and-why-im-not-scientifically-male/ Bilaterally Gynandromorphic Chickens, and Why Not Male]		* '''2011-12-14''' [http://skepchick.org/2011/12/bilaterally-gynandromorphic-chickens-and-why-im-not-scientifically-male/ Bilaterally Gynandromorphic Chickens, and Why I'm Not "Scientifically" Male]

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	* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."		* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."
	* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]		* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]
			* '''2016-10-31''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0co0minMG6I Gender Analysis 02. The Gender Axis of Evil] (video by Zinnia Jones)
	* '''2014-09-20''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/when-no-gender-fits-a-quest-to-be-seen-as-just-a-person/2014/09/20/1ab21e6e-2c7b-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html When no gender fits: A quest to be seen as just a person]		* '''2014-09-20''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/when-no-gender-fits-a-quest-to-be-seen-as-just-a-person/2014/09/20/1ab21e6e-2c7b-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html When no gender fits: A quest to be seen as just a person]
	* '''2014-03-20''' [http://the-real-seebs.tumblr.com/post/80222705544/im-curious-as-to-why-you-seem-so-certain-that-gender I'm curious as to why you seem so certain that gender is not a social construct.] Answer: It's partly social and partly biological.		* '''2014-03-20''' [http://the-real-seebs.tumblr.com/post/80222705544/im-curious-as-to-why-you-seem-so-certain-that-gender I'm curious as to why you seem so certain that gender is not a social construct.] Answer: It's partly social and partly biological.

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	* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex		* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex

	* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."		* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."
	* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]		* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]

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	* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]		* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]
			* '''2014-09-20''' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/when-no-gender-fits-a-quest-to-be-seen-as-just-a-person/2014/09/20/1ab21e6e-2c7b-11e4-994d-202962a9150c_story.html When no gender fits: A quest to be seen as just a person]
	* '''2014-03-20''' [http://the-real-seebs.tumblr.com/post/80222705544/im-curious-as-to-why-you-seem-so-certain-that-gender I'm curious as to why you seem so certain that gender is not a social construct.] Answer: It's partly social and partly biological.		* '''2014-03-20''' [http://the-real-seebs.tumblr.com/post/80222705544/im-curious-as-to-why-you-seem-so-certain-that-gender I'm curious as to why you seem so certain that gender is not a social construct.] Answer: It's partly social and partly biological.
	* '''2014-02-20''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/02/20/sex-differences-are-real/ Sex differences are real] but not binary		* '''2014-02-20''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/02/20/sex-differences-are-real/ Sex differences are real] but not binary

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	** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.)		** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.)
	==Links==		==Links==
			* World Health Organization: [http://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html Gender and Genetics]
			* '''2016-04-17''' [http://geekdad.com/2016/04/gender-language-primer/ Gender Identity and Associated Gender Language: A Primer]
	* '''2015-12-23''' [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/23/scientists-discover-genderfluid-lioness-who-looks-acts-and-roars-like-a-male/ Scientists discover 'genderfluid' lioness who looks, acts and roars like a male] ([https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/UHSFabJ7iVf via]): yes, Virginia, gender fluidity does exist in nature (...although I'm not sure that's really the right term here... and the article states that she "grew a mane" and "developing a deeper and more masculine roar" as if it was a conscious decision, which seems unlikely -- more likely her hormone levels are unusual for a lioness)		* '''2015-12-23''' [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/23/scientists-discover-genderfluid-lioness-who-looks-acts-and-roars-like-a-male/ Scientists discover 'genderfluid' lioness who looks, acts and roars like a male] ([https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/UHSFabJ7iVf via]): yes, Virginia, gender fluidity does exist in nature (...although I'm not sure that's really the right term here... and the article states that she "grew a mane" and "developing a deeper and more masculine roar" as if it was a conscious decision, which seems unlikely -- more likely her hormone levels are unusual for a lioness)
	* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex		* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex

Woozle: /* Links */ genderfluid lion

2016-01-04T13:04:31Z

Links: genderfluid lion

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	** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.)		** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.)
	==Links==		==Links==
			* '''2015-12-23''' [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/12/23/scientists-discover-genderfluid-lioness-who-looks-acts-and-roars-like-a-male/ Scientists discover 'genderfluid' lioness who looks, acts and roars like a male] ([https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/UHSFabJ7iVf via]): yes, Virginia, gender fluidity does exist in nature (...although I'm not sure that's really the right term here... and the article states that she "grew a mane" and "developing a deeper and more masculine roar" as if it was a conscious decision, which seems unlikely -- more likely her hormone levels are unusual for a lioness)
	* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex		* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex
	* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."		* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."

Woozle: /* Links */ Dominican Republic

2015-09-20T21:16:13Z

Links: Dominican Republic

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	** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.)		** '''sense''': the ''sense'' or ''feeling'' of which gender you "are" inside your head; it's not clear what generates this, but it seems to be a combination of factors and is sometimes felt quite strongly -- and sometimes in sharp disagreement with physical gender. (This sense is also sometimes referred to as "gender identity", though I am here using that term in a broader way to refer to all the various components of gender, in sum.)
	==Links==		==Links==
			* '''2015-09-20''' [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241840/The-village-boys-born-girls-Genetic-deformity-means-Dominican-Republic-babies-born-apparently-female-grow-male-sex-organs-puberty.html The village where boys are born as girls: Genetic deformity means Dominican Republic babies are born apparently female and only grow male sex organs at puberty] - the boys in question frequently say they "never felt like girls" and tended to play with boys, illustrating yet again that gender identity is neither acquired nor based on one's apparent physical sex
	* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."		* '''2015-02-15''' [http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/02/18/the-idea-of-two-sexes-is-simplistic-biologists-now-think-there-is-a-wider-spectrum-than-that/ "The idea of two sexes is simplistic. Biologists now think there is a wider spectrum than that."] "...my only quibble would be with that �now�. You�d have to define �now� as a window of time that encompasses the entirety of my training and work in developmental biology, and I�m getting to be kind of an old guy. Differences in sex development (DSDs) are common knowledge, and rather routine..."
	* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]		* '''2015-01-07''' [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150107082133.htm Networks of the brain reflect the individual gender identity]

Woozle: using Issuepedia article about similarity clusters

2015-06-30T01:32:37Z

using Issuepedia article about similarity clusters

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	* '''gender''' refers to ''all'' attributes which are commonly thought of as "masculine" or "feminine" traits. This technically includes "sex", so you might define "sex" as "one's physical/genetic/biological gender". However, even leaving out "sex", there are many separate aspects to "gender". Again, these aspects are highly correlated in most people -- but not in everyone.		* '''gender''' refers to ''all'' attributes which are commonly thought of as "masculine" or "feminine" traits. This technically includes "sex", so you might define "sex" as "one's physical/genetic/biological gender". However, even leaving out "sex", there are many separate aspects to "gender". Again, these aspects are highly correlated in most people -- but not in everyone.
	===attributes===		===attributes===
	The next thing you need to understand is that '''there are many attributes, both physical and behavioral, which make up what we call "gender"'''. (In other words, gender is not "either-or", or even a "spectrum", but a ''multidimensional continuum''.[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/opinion/sunday/the-tangle-of-the-sexes.html?hp&_r=0]) These attributes may tend to [~~http~~:~~//lesswrong.com/lw/nj/similarity_clusters/~~ cluster] into two groups which we call "male" and "female", but these convenient labels are inadequate to describe the true situation for many people. [http://invisiblelad.tumblr.com/post/42340034458/study-debunks-notion-that-men-and-women-are] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21788238]		The next thing you need to understand is that '''there are many attributes, both physical and behavioral, which make up what we call "gender"'''. (In other words, gender is not "either-or", or even a "spectrum", but a ''multidimensional continuum''.[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/opinion/sunday/the-tangle-of-the-sexes.html?hp&_r=0]) These attributes may tend to [[issuepedia:similarity cluster\|cluster]] into two groups which we call "male" and "female", but these convenient labels are inadequate to describe the true situation for many people. [http://invisiblelad.tumblr.com/post/42340034458/study-debunks-notion-that-men-and-women-are] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21788238]

	Some gender attributes:		Some gender attributes: