Gender identity: beyond paradigms
We have grown with the idea that the identity of the genre is granted at birth. That is, being a man or woman define identity. However, gender is much more than biological sex. And it is not always the same as identity, we know it is a bit confusing, but we will explain it a little better.
It is common for people to confuse sex, gender and gender identity. But in reality they are all different things. We are going to show you:
Sex is a tag, male or female, which a doctor assigns to you at birth based on the genitals with which you are born and the chromosomes you have. Goes in your birth certificate.
Gender is much more complex. It is a social and legal status, and a set of expectations of society, on behaviors, characteristics and thoughts. Each culture has standards about the way people must behave according to their gender. This is also generally masculine or female. But instead of dealing with body parts, it’s more about how you are expected to act, due to your sex.
Gender identity is how you feel inside and how you express your gender through clothes, behavior and personal appearance. It is a feeling that begins very early in life.
What is the assigned sex (also known as ‘biological sex’)?
The assigned sex is a label that is given to birth based on medical factors, including its hormones, chromosomes and genitals. Most people are assigned men or women, and this is what is included in their birth certificates.
When someone’s sexual and reproductive anatomy does not seem to adjust to the typical definitions of a woman or man, they can be described as intersex.
Some people call sex that assign us to birth ‘biological sex’. But this term does not completely capture the complex biological, anatomical and chromosomal variations that can occur. Have only two options (biological or biological woman) may not describe what is happening within a person’s body.
Instead of saying ‘biological sex’, some people use the phrase ‘man assigned to birth’ or ‘woman assigned to birth’. This recognizes that someone (often a doctor) is making a decision by another person. The assignment of a biological sex may or may not align with what is happening with the body of a person, how he feels or how he identifies.
The factors that determine our assigned sex begin as soon as fertilization.
Each sperm has an x o chromosome in it. All eggs have an x chromosome.
When the sperm fertilizes an ovule, its X O chromosome is combined with the X chromosome of the ovule.
A person with XX chromosomes generally has female sex and reproductive organs and, therefore, is generally assigned biologically.
A person with Xy chromosomes generally has male sex and reproductive organs and, therefore, is generally assigned biologically masculine.
Other arrangements of chromosomes, hormones and body parts can occur, resulting in someone being intersexual.
What is the genre?
Gender is much larger and more complicated than the assigned sex. Gender includes gender roles, which are expectations that society and people have about the behaviors, thoughts and characteristics that accompany the assigned sex of a person.
For example, ideas about how men and women are expected to behave, view and communicate contribute to gender. Gender is also a social and legal status as girls and boys, men and women.
It is easy to confuse sex and gender. Just remember that biological or assigned sex are biology, anatomy and chromosomes. Gender is the set of expectations, standards and characteristics of society on how men and women are supposed to act.
What is gender identity?
Your gender identity is how you feel inside and how you express those feelings. Clothing, appearance and behaviors can be ways to express their gender identity.
Most people feel they are men or women. Some people feel like a male woman, or a female man. Some people feel neither male nor female. These people can choose tags such as ‘Gender Genus’, ‘Gender Variant’ or ‘Gender Fluid’. His feelings about his gender identity begin as soon as at 2 or 3 years.
The assigned sex and gender identity of some people are more or less equal, or are in line with each other. These people are called a cycism. Other people feel that their assigned sex is from the other genre since their gender identity (that is, the assigned sex is feminine, but gender identity is masculine). These people are called transgender or trans. Not all transgender people share the same exact identity.
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