WHAT IS GENDER?

Here are some of your responses:


I think gender is the specification of a person. The common question, especially in applications, is what is your gender. The answer is either male or female.

Guys, girls. Male, female. Some people like to get it changed.

Gender is the classification of a person.

Gender, to me, is one’s BORN anatomical sex. Male/Female.

There are only two types of gender (male and female). We were born with these genders by the grace of God. That does not mean that a person has to act as his or her gender. But it is rare that a person would act out of his or her gender.

I think that gender means what sex you are and tell how you are “supposed” to act or how society feels you should act.

Gender is not only a scientific description but also a social division between people. It describes physically the differences between males and females. Gender separates people and causes many social issues when one gender feels superior to another.

Gender is the two separate halves that when together make a species whole. Gender exists because of the difference between the males and females of a species.

Gender, as I’ve always understood it, represents something else. For instance, you can use gender to catalog anything. It is usually used in personal information sheets to ask whether you’re male or female, but it may be used to stand for a group of subjects with similar characteristics.

Gender is what makes up a person—whether male or female. Gender is compiled with several components—it can help describe one’s being—mentally—physically, gender defines peoples body types and languages—thinking because of different genders—people act different ways and process things differently.

Gender is something that plays a large factor in some peoples’ lives. Whether you’re a male or a female can determine the outlook someone may have on a situation.

Gender is the sex of a person, I think.

Male or female. How someone looks, acts, dress, talk, etc. Category used to judge people.

How masculine or feminine someone is.

Gender is a means of distinction, a person is either male or female. Gender is used to distinguish the traits and characteristics that a male or female is supposed to exhibit to be considered the norm.

Gender is the sex of a person or animal. It deals with what reproductive organs and physical appearance a person has.

Gender is a way of classification. I think it has a very limited meaning.

Medical to me. There are, however, huge arguments about the psychological aspect.

Gender is a biological and sociological status that people tend to embrace and feel a certain urge to act in a way typical of their gender.

Gender is what defines or differentiates a male from a female.

Gender is whether you are feminine, masculine, or neuter.

Gender is the word used to tell people apart by the category of males and females. The gender of a person consists also of the organs in one’s body which contrasts them again from males and females.

Gender is what makes a man a man, and a woman a woman. The sexual organs distinguish which side you belong to.

There are two genders, male and female. Both are needed to reproduce and continue the human race. The most obvious difference between the two is that they have some different body parts.

The groups of people that are based on reproductive organs.

Whether you are a man or a woman.