In a variety of different contexts, gender refers to the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, characteristics, or non-human organisms. The classification into masculine and feminine is analogous to the biological sexes of male and female, often by physical or syntactical analogy, linguistic decay, misunderstandings, societal norms, or personal choice. The nature of this categorisation varies depending on the context. For example, gender can be used to refer to the differences in biological sex betwe ...

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• Gender - In feminist theory
• Gender - Other languages
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• Gender - Music

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Gender, Gender - Etymology and usage, Gender - Grammatical gender, Gender - Sex, Gender - Social category, Gender - In feminist theory, Gender - Other languages, Gender - Other uses, Gender - Fasteners and connectors, Gender - Music

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The use of gender-based classification of nouns (as is common in Indo-European and Semitic) languages can sometimes be confusing, because the mere fact that a language distinguishes between men and women in some way does not mean it uses gender to grammatically classify nouns. All languages represent natural gender - the biological distinction between men and women - in some way. These distinctions can exist at various levels. e.g., male and female, man and woman, uncle and aunt Even Finnish, ...

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Grammatical gender, Grammatical gender - Types of noun classes, Grammatical gender - Manifestations of noun classes, Grammatical gender - Agreement, Grammatical gender - Morphological marking on nouns, Grammatical gender - Other manifestations, Grammatical gender - Natural Gender and Grammatical Gender, Grammatical gender - Gender agreement and marking of natural gender, Grammatical gender - The role of convention, Grammatical gender - Animals, Grammatical gender - Personal names, Grammatical gender - Noun classes in specific linguistic families, Grammatical gender - Algonquian languages, Grammatical gender - Athabaskan languages, Grammatical gender - Australian Aboriginal languages, Grammatical gender - Caucasian languages, Grammatical gender - Indo-European languages, Grammatical gender - Niger-Congo languages, Grammatical gender - Noun classes in specific languages, Grammatical gender - List of languages without grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - List of languages with grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - Two genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - Three grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - More than three grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - Bibliography

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All Spanish nouns have one of two grammatical genders: masculine or feminine (mostly conventional, that is, arbitrarily assigned). Most adjectives and pronouns, and all articles and participles, indicate the gender of the noun they reference or modify. In a sentence like "Large tables are nicer", the Spanish equivalent, Las mesas grandes son más bonitas, must use words according to the gender of the noun. The noun, mesa ("table"), is feminine in Spanish. Therefore, the article (i. e. the word for "the") must be feminine ...

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Spanish nouns, Spanish nouns - Gender, Spanish nouns - Types of noun masculine vacillant etc, Spanish nouns - Determining gender from endings, Spanish nouns - Gender of proper nouns names, Spanish nouns - Vestiges of a neutral gender, Spanish nouns - Number, Spanish nouns - Diminutives augmentatives and suffixes, Spanish nouns - Local flavour, Spanish nouns - Other suffixes

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Some Esperanto roots are semantically masculine or feminine. In general, feminine words are derived from their masculine equivalent. Esperanto vocabulary - Masculine roots. A small (and decreasing) number of noun roots, mostly titles and kinship terms, are inherently masculine unless the feminine suffix -ino is added. For example, there are patro (father) and patrino (mother ...

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Esperanto vocabulary, Esperanto vocabulary - Origins, Esperanto vocabulary - Source languages, Esperanto vocabulary - Technical vocabulary, Esperanto vocabulary - Competing root forms, Esperanto vocabulary - Word formation, Esperanto vocabulary - Affixes, Esperanto vocabulary - Compounds, Esperanto vocabulary - Reduplication, Esperanto vocabulary - Some examples, Esperanto vocabulary - Correlatives, Esperanto vocabulary - Table of correlatives, Esperanto vocabulary - Correlative particles, Esperanto vocabulary - An extension of the original paradigm, Esperanto vocabulary - Interrogative vs relative pronouns, Esperanto vocabulary - Derivatives, Esperanto vocabulary - Gender, Esperanto vocabulary - Masculine roots, Esperanto vocabulary - Feminine roots, Esperanto vocabulary - Common approaches to regularizing Esperanto gender, Esperanto vocabulary - Gendered pronouns, Esperanto vocabulary - Antonyms, Esperanto vocabulary - Idioms and slang, Esperanto vocabulary - Idioms, Esperanto vocabulary - Contractions, Esperanto vocabulary - Word play, Esperanto vocabulary - Cultural in words, Esperanto vocabulary - Jargon, Esperanto vocabulary - Artificial variants

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Mencius outlined the Three Subordinations. A woman was to be subordinate to her father in youth, her husband in maturity, and her son in old age. A cliche of classical texts, which is repeated throughout the tradition, is the familiar notion that men govern the outer world, while women govern the home. In the Han dynasty, the female historian Ban Zhao wrote the Lessons for Women, advice on how women should behave. She outlines the Four Virtues women must abide by, proper virtue, proper speech, proper countenance, proper merit. The "three subordinations and the four virtues" is a common four-charac ...

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Chinese society, Chinese society - Demographics, Chinese society - Culture, Chinese society - Gender, Chinese society - Hong Kong, Chinese society - Socio-economic development, Chinese society - Culture, Chinese society - Individualism and collectivism, Chinese society - Social relations, Chinese society - Civil society

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Gender comes from Middle English gendre, from Latin genus, all meaning "kind", "sort", or "type". Ultimately from the proto Indo European root, gen, which is also the root for "kind", "king" and many others. It appears in Modern French in the word genre (type, kind) and is related to the Greek root gen- (to produce), appearing in genesis and oxygen. As a verb, it is used for to breed in the King James Bible: Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a ...

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Gender comes from Middle English gendre, from Latin genus, all meaning "kind", "sort", or "type". Ultimately from the proto Indo European root, gen, which is also the root for "kind", "king" and many others. It appears in Modern French in the word genre (type, kind) and is related to the Greek root gen- (to produce), appearing in gene, genesis and oxygen. As a verb, it is used for to breed in the King James Bible: Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a ...

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Gender, Gender - Etymology and usage, Gender - Grammatical gender, Gender - Sex, Gender - Social category, Gender - In feminist theory, Gender - Other languages, Gender - Other uses, Gender - Fasteners and connectors, Gender - Music

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This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional religious views, and modern views of these faiths, especially as to how modern feminism has influenced the theology of these religions. For the discussion of the topic in Hinduism, see Hindu views on God and gender. Monotheists hold a belief in one God as a fundamental religious principle. In Judaism and Islam, God is believed to be sexless, but has been traditionally referr ...

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• God and gender - Christian views of God and gender
• God and gender - Mormon views
• God and gender - Translating the names of God into English
• God and gender - Third person pronouns: He She or It?
• God and gender - Mankind and Humankind
• God and gender - New translation solutions
• God and gender - Criticism of feminine reconstructions of theology
• God and gender - Bibliography

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This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional religious views, and modern views of these faiths, especially as to how modern feminism has influenced the theology of these religions. Monotheists hold a belief in one God as a fundamental religious principle. In Judaism and Islam, God is believed to be sexless, but has been traditionally referred to using male grammatical gender. In Christianity, God is ...

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• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Third person pronouns: He She or It?
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Mankind and Humankind
• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - New translation solutions
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• Abrahamic religions on God and gender - Bibliography

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The Báb · Abdu'l-Bahá Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán The Hidden Words Administrative Order The Guardian Universal House of Justice Continental Counsellors Spiritual Assembly Haifa · Akká Shiraz · Baghdad Bahá'í History · Timeline Bábís · Shaykh Ahmad Táhirih · Quddús · Badí' Shoghi Effendi Rúhíyyih Khanum Unity of humanity Unity of religion Gender equality Universal education Science and religion Auxilliary language Symbols · H ...

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• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Equality of women as a prerequisite to peace
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Education of women
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Women's relationship to men
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Historical reasons why women have been seen as lower than men
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Historical women figures in Bahá'í history
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Táhirih
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Bahíyyih Khánum
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Social initiatives
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Voting
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Laws giving preference to women or men
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Laws giving preference to women
• Bahá'í Faith and gender equality - Laws giving preference to men

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The use of gender-based classification of nouns (as is common in Indo-European and Semitic) languages can sometimes be confusing, because the mere fact that a language distinguishes between men and women in some way does not mean it uses gender to grammatically classify nouns. All languages represent natural gender - the biological distinction between men and women - in some way. These distinctions can exist at various levels. e.g., male and female, man and woman, uncle and aunt Even Finnish, ...

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Grammatical gender, Grammatical gender - Types of noun classes, Grammatical gender - Manifestations of noun classes, Grammatical gender - Agreement, Grammatical gender - Morphological marking on nouns, Grammatical gender - Other manifestations, Grammatical gender - Natural gender and grammatical gender, Grammatical gender - Gender agreement and marking of natural gender, Grammatical gender - The role of convention, Grammatical gender - Animals, Grammatical gender - Personal names, Grammatical gender - Noun classes in specific linguistic families, Grammatical gender - Algonquian languages, Grammatical gender - Athabaskan languages, Grammatical gender - Australian Aboriginal languages, Grammatical gender - Caucasian languages, Grammatical gender - Indo-European languages, Grammatical gender - Niger-Congo languages, Grammatical gender - Noun classes in specific languages, Grammatical gender - List of languages without grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - List of languages with grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - Two genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - Three grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - More than three grammatical genders/noun classes, Grammatical gender - Bibliography

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Hermetic principle of Gender

"All things have gender": masculine and feminine at work to balance, rejuvenate, or be made whole. Respect for gender is necessary for generation; lack of respect causes degeneration

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The related term, "gender role," has two meanings that in individual cases may be divergent: First, people's gender roles are the totality of the ways by which they express their gender identities. Second, people's gender roles may be defined as the kinds of activities that society determines to be appropriate for individuals possessing their kind of external genitalia. There are probably as many shades and complexities of sexual identity and gender identity as there are human beings, and there are an equal number of ways of working t ...

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Gender identity, Gender identity - Gender identity - below the surface, Gender identity - Formation of gender identity, Gender identity - Problems - gender identity and sex, Gender identity - Relationship to gender role

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The formation of a gender identity is a complex process that starts with conception, but which involves critical growth processes during gestation and even learning experiences after birth. There are points of differentiation all along the way, but language and tradition in most societies insist that every individual be categorized as either a man or a woman. When multiplicity is arbitrarily reduced to absolute dichotomy, conflicts are sure to result. When, for instance, the gender identity of a person makes him a man, but his genital ...

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Gender identity, Gender identity - Gender identity - below the surface, Gender identity - Formation of gender identity, Gender identity - Problems - gender identity and sex, Gender identity - Relationship to gender role

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Some people do not believe that their gender identity corresponds to their biological sex, namely transgender people, including transsexual people and many intersexed individuals as well. Consequently, complications arise when society insists that an individual adopt a manner of social expression (gender role) which is based on sex, that the individual feels is inconsistent with that person's gender identity. One reason for such discordances in intersexed people is that some individuals have a chromosomal sex that has not been express ...

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Gender identity, Gender identity - Gender identity - below the surface, Gender identity - Formation of gender identity, Gender identity - Problems - gender identity and sex, Gender identity - Relationship to gender role

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Most feminists argue that traditional gender roles are oppressive for women. They assume that the female gender role was constructed as an opposite to an ideal male role, and helps to perpetuate patriarchy. For approximately the last 100 years women have been fighting for equality (Especially in the 1960's with second-wave feminism and radical feminism, which are the most notable feminist movements) and were able to make changes to the tra ...

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Gender role, Gender role - Talcott Parsons' views of gender roles, Gender role - Socialization, Gender role - Criticism of Biologism, Gender role - Changing roles, Gender role - Culture and Gender roles, Gender role - Transgendered and Intersexed people, Gender role - Gender roles and feminism, Gender role - Terminology, Gender role - Sexual orientation and gender roles, Gender role - Brief Description of Gender Roles In Prison, Gender role - Notes and references

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Ideas of appropriate behaviour according to gender vary among cultures and era, although some aspects receive more widespread attention than others. An interesting case is described by R.W. Connell in Men, Masculinities and Feminism: "There are cultures where it has been normal, not exceptional, for men to have homosexual relations. There have been periods in 'Western' history when the modern convention that men suppress displays of emotion did not apply at all, when men were demonstrative about their feeling for their friends. Mateship in the Aus ...

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Gender role, Gender role - Talcott Parsons' views of gender roles, Gender role - Socialization, Gender role - Criticism of Biologism, Gender role - Changing roles, Gender role - Culture and Gender roles, Gender role - Transgendered and Intersexed people, Gender role - Gender roles and feminism, Gender role - Terminology, Gender role - Sexual orientation and gender roles, Gender role - Brief Description of Gender Roles In Prison, Gender role - Notes and references

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Most feminists argue that traditional gender roles are oppressive for women. They assume that the female gender role was constructed as an opposite to an ideal male role, and helps to perpetuate patriarchy. For approximately the last 100 years women have been fighting for equality (Especially in the 1960's with second-wave feminism and radical feminism, which are the most notable feminist movements) and were able to make changes to the traditionally accepted feminine gender role. However, ...

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Gender role, Gender role - Talcott Parsons' views of gender roles, Gender role - Socialization, Gender role - Criticism of Biologism, Gender role - Changing roles, Gender role - Culture and Gender roles, Gender role - Transgendered and Intersexed people, Gender role - Gender roles and feminism, Gender role - Terminology, Gender role - Sexual orientation and gender roles, Gender role - Brief Description of Gender Roles In Prison, Gender role - Notes and references

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The process through which the individual learns and accepts roles is called socialization. Socialization works by encouraging wanted and discouraging unwanted behavior. These sanctions by agencies of socialization such as the family, schools, and the media make it clear to the child what the behavioral norms it ought to follow are. The child typically follows the examples of its parents, siblings and teachers. Mostly, accepted behavior is not produced by outright coercion. The individual has choice as to if or to what extent he or she conforms. Typical encouragements of gender role behavior are no longer ...

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Gender role, Gender role - Talcott Parsons' views of gender roles, Gender role - Socialization, Gender role - Criticism of Biologism, Gender role - Changing roles, Gender role - Culture and Gender roles, Gender role - Transgendered and Intersexed people, Gender role - Gender roles and feminism, Gender role - Terminology, Gender role - Sexual orientation and gender roles, Gender role - Brief Description of Gender Roles In Prison, Gender role - Notes and references

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