Gender

Overview
While the traditional view holds that there are exactly two genders (male and female), there is gradually coming to be general recognition that gender is a multidimensional concept (e.g. physical form, personality aspects, sexual preference) in which there are two loci where most people's gender traits tend to cluster (i.e. "female" and "male") but that this is not true for everyone.

Some ideologies, however, still cling to traditional or doctrinally-defined understandings of these terms, and use those definitions as an excuse to revile those who do not fit them (e.g. anti-gay).

Related Pages

 * gender disparity
 * gender inequity
 * gender equality
 * homosexuality
 * transsexuality