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Current status: Delisted good article

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Section sizes Section size for Gender (34 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 13,414 13,414 Etymology and usage 27 19,384 Derivation 2,222 2,222 History of the concept 8,676 17,135 As a grammatical category 1,141 1,141 As distinct from sex 7,318 7,318 Gender identity and gender roles 7,027 29,622 Social assignment and gender fluidity 11,166 11,166 Societal categories 1,617 9,116 Non-binary and third genders 7,499 7,499 Measurement of gender identity 2,313 2,313 Biological factors and views 4,684 10,710 Non-human animals 6,026 6,026 Feminist theory and gender studies 11,950 19,149 Social construction of gender hypotheses 7,199 7,199 Psychology and sociology 12,035 12,035 Gender as biopsychosocial 2,850 2,850 Gender and society 26 40,450 Languages 7,407 7,407 Legal status 160 3,705 Transgender people 496 496 Intersex people 2,039 2,039 Non-binary and third genders 1,010 1,010 Science 2,643 2,643 Religion 5,695 5,695 Poverty 4,522 4,522 General strain theory 2,963 2,963 Economic development 1,232 1,232 Climate change 4,912 4,912 Social media 7,345 7,345 See also 308 308 References 30 30 Bibliography 729 729 External links 512 512 Total 149,193 149,193

This article was nominated for merging with Sex and gender distinction in the past. The result of the discussion (permanent link) was to not merge.

Citation Suggested

The rise of criticism against the WID approach led to the emergence of a new theory, that of Women and Development (WAD). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhum.group2 (talk • contribs) 17 May 2019 (UTC)

References

1. Muyoyeta, Lucy (2004). Women, Gender and Development (PDF). Zambia: Women for Change. ISBN 095351367X.

Citation suggested

In contemporary times, most literature and institutions that are concerned with women's role in development incorporate a GAD perspective, with the United Nations taking the lead of mainstreaming the GAD approach through its system and development policies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhum.group2 (talk • contribs) 17 May 2019 (UTC)

References

1. United Nations. Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, & Advancement of Women (2002). Gender Mainstreaming an Overview (PDF). New York: United Nations Publications.

Number of genders in the lead - missing

While I expect the exact number is a matter of dispute, it would be good to address this in the lead somehow. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:56, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

It can't go in the lead unless it is already in the body and I'm not seeing it there. Also, it isn't even a meaningful thing to try to include because most conceptions of gender (other than those that insist on their being only two) do not see it as an enumerable set of discrete entities. If you ever see three people arguing about whether there are 2, 5 or 17 genders then you can safely ignore all of them as they are all making the same mistake. That said, I don't think that you ever will because I have never seen anybody seriously trying to count all the genders. (Although I have seen people doing that as a joke or as a way to be annoying.) The lead is currently doing a good job by saying "man, woman, or other gender identity". This correctly tells the reader that there are two extremely popular named gender identities, which they are presumably already familiar with, and also a range of others. I'm not seeing how we could improve on that. --DanielRigal (talk) 17:39, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Past discussions of lead

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

fyi: Talk:Gender/Archive 9 and Talk:Gender/Archive 10 include extensive discussion that helped form the compromise to develop the current lead:

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender expression.

References

1. Haig, David (April 2004). "The Inexorable Rise of Gender and the Decline of Sex: Social Change in Academic Titles, 1945–2001" (PDF). Archives of Sexual Behavior. 33 (2): 87–96. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.359.9143. doi:10.1023/B:ASEB.0000014323.56281.0d. PMID 15146141. S2CID 7005542. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2012.
2. "What do we mean by "sex" and "gender"?". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
3. Udry, J. Richard (November 1994). "The Nature of Gender". Demography. 31 (4): 561–573. doi:10.2307/2061790. JSTOR 2061790. PMID 7890091. S2CID 38476067.
4. Lindqvist, Anna; Sendén, Marie Gustafsson; Renström, Emma A. (2 October 2021). "What is gender, anyway: a review of the options for operationalising gender". Psychology & Sexuality. 12 (4): 332–344. doi:10.1080/19419899.2020.1729844. S2CID 213397968.
5. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2022). Bates, Nancy; Chin, Marshall; Becker, Tara (eds.). Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi:10.17226/26424. ISBN 978-0-309-27510-1. PMID 35286054. S2CID 247432505.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Wiki Education assignment: Gender and Culture

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 August 2023 and 18 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Jenjmo (article contribs).

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